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Date:      Fri, 9 Feb 1996 07:33:50 -0600 (CST)
From:      Daniel Baker <dbaker@cocoa.ops.neosoft.com>
To:        "Miguel A.L. Paraz" <map@iphil.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to 'su'
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960209073234.582D-100000@cocoa.ops.neosoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199602090816.QAA24594@marikit.iphil.net>

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The user needs to have their login ID in the group at the top
of /etc/group, wheel:

mine looks like:
wheel:*:0:root,dbaker,smace

That way, dbaker and smace can su root.

On Fri, 9 Feb 1996, Miguel A.L. Paraz wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> How do you su to root?  Even if the user's GID is changed to 0
> with vipw, su still says:
> 
> su: you are not in the correct group to su root.
> 
> 
> -- 
> miguel a.l. paraz -- map@iphil.net -- http://www.iphil.net/user/map/
>                      iphil communications, makati city, philippines
> 
Daniel


--				
   Daniel Baker - Daniel@Cuckoo.COM
"Huhuhu, thank you, drive through please"




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