From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 4 02:19:20 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0026B16A510 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 02:19:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [202.89.146.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8114343D8C for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 02:19:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3CDA25642F; Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:19:18 +1200 (NZST) Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:19:18 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: armstrong adam Message-ID: <20060904021918.GA86038@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <44FB8251.8070700@averageadmins.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:19:20 -0000 On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 10:12:26AM +0800, armstrong adam wrote: > yes,the user logging on is in the wheel group, You should add the user to `wheel' via /etc/group, and not via the login-group. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Beer. Now there's a temporary solution." - Homer Simpson