Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:59:52 +0200 From: Thomas <freebsdlists@bsdunix.ch> To: armstrong adam <adamarmstrong59@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh? Message-ID: <44FBDCF8.9020601@bsdunix.ch> In-Reply-To: <BAY110-F34EA5BCF983E79AA3EF2BAA7330@phx.gbl> References: <BAY110-F34EA5BCF983E79AA3EF2BAA7330@phx.gbl>
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Hi
The manpage for su explains it.
PAM is used to set the policy su(1) will use. In particular, by
default
only users in the ``wheel'' group can switch to UID 0 (``root'').
Cheers,
Thomas
armstrong adam schrieb:
> It really woks!!thanks,
> but why this happen?
> which part of the document explain this?
> I browsed the documentation and cannot find it
>
>
>> From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
>> To: armstrong adam <adamarmstrong59@hotmail.com>
>> CC: questions@freebsd.org
>> Subject: Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh?
>> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:19:18 +1200
>>
>> 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 <jonc@chen.org.nz>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "Beer. Now there's a temporary solution."
>> - Homer Simpson
>
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