From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 18 10:56:44 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14ABD37BA2F for ; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 10:56:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA20179; Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:25:06 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:25:06 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: "david e. banning" Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: can't su - root Message-ID: <20000218112505.Q21720@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <200002181353.NAA08565@mweb.worldy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200002181353.NAA08565@mweb.worldy.com>; from tracker@worldy.com on Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 01:53:07PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * david e. banning [000218 11:22] wrote: > when I try to su - > I get an error - you are not in correct group to su root. > do I just modify /etc/group ? > I tried adding my user name eg; > sys:*:3:root, tracker > > but I am not sure what group to modify - or whether I comma? Please refer to the su manpage for the correct way to edit your group file to accomplish this. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message