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From: don morrison <dmorrisn@u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: I can't su!!
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>When I try to "su" to root it gives me the message:
>"su: you are not in the correct group to su root."
>But my /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd entries both state me as being
>in group wheel.
>Am I doing some thing wrong?
>How can I fix this?

Your /etc/group file also needs to include you in the wheel group.


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