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Date:      Wed, 10 Dec 1997 08:04:22 -0500 (EST)
From:      Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM>
To:        "Kevin Hoos" <kevinh@ctpberk.org>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: *CTP SERVER* A little Admin Help
Message-ID:  <199712101304.IAA00741@current.willscreek.com>
In-Reply-To: <1D5B8A1582E@ctpberk.org>
References:  <17762E232C4@ctpberk.org> <17BCDA626CE@ctpberk.org> <1D5B8A1582E@ctpberk.org>

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Kevin Hoos wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I have been adding users, and when I went to add my admins, I found
> that they cannot su root.  I use the adduser command. What do I need
> to change to let them su root?

Assuming you're seeing the message:

        su: you are not in the correct group to su root.

the answer is, put them in the "wheel" group, in "/etc/group".
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Brian Clapper, bmc@WillsCreek.COM, http://WWW.WillsCreek.COM/
Every solution breeds new problems.



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