Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 00:04:58 -0500 From: "James F. Schmidt" <jschmidt@cessys.com> To: "'John-David Childs'" <jdc@denver.net>, Sergey Pukach <pss@te.net.ua> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "pss@hell.org" <pss@hell.org> Subject: RE: Can't su to root Message-ID: <01BC618C.DEE50D00@ras02.cessys.com>
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Rather than edit /etc/group, login as root and enter the following: #addgroup wheel <your user name> It worked for me without problem. I can su to root over any connection. Jim -----Original Message----- From: John-David Childs [SMTP:jdc@denver.net] Sent: Thursday, May 15, 1997 6:30 PM To: Sergey Pukach Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; pss@hell.org Subject: Re: Can't su to root On Fri, 16 May 1997, Sergey Pukach wrote: > > Hi. > > When I try su to root system refuse my attempt with message: > you are not in the correct group to su root. > My group is wheel. Where is the problem ? > Thanks. > For some reason, if your PRIMARY group is wheel su will not work. Set your primary group to something like staff and add yourself to the wheel group in the /etc/group file. > pss > > // Sergey Pukach > // pss@te.net.ua > John-David Childs (JC612) http://www.denver.net System Administrator jdc@denver.net & Network Engineer Think, Listen, Look, then ACT! "A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on" - Louis B Mayer
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