From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 7 15:41:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA11672 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 15:41:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhub.aros.net (mailhub.aros.net [205.164.111.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA11667 for ; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 15:41:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from terra.aros.net (terra.aros.net [205.164.111.10]) by mailhub.aros.net (8.6.12/Unknown) with ESMTP id QAA02608; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 16:46:58 -0700 Received: (from angio@localhost) by terra.aros.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA30255; Thu, 7 Mar 1996 16:41:14 -0700 From: Dave Andersen Message-Id: <199603072341.QAA30255@terra.aros.net> Subject: Re: SU To: chet@redsky.com (Chet Puskarz-Carello) Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 16:41:13 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Chet Puskarz-Carello" at Mar 7, 96 10:35:52 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk They may be set to default to group wheel, but they're not actually in the group. Edit the group file and add them. -Dave Andersen Lo and behold, Chet Puskarz-Carello once said: > > Hi guys, > I'm been having trouble setting up superuser access to root. When I 'su > root' and sign on with the proper password, I get a reponse that user is > not part of group. > > I've designated the user to be group 0 (wheel) when I created the user. > That I believe is the group that root belongs to. > > Any ideas, > > Thank you for your help, > > chet carello > > > > > Chet Puskarz > Red Sky Films > 50 Green St., S.F., CA. 94111 > ph: 415.421.7332, fax: 415.421.0927 > chet@redsky.com > http://www.redsky.com > > -- angio@aros.net Complete virtual hosting and business-oriented system administration Internet services. (WWW, FTP, email) http://www.aros.net/ http://www.aros.net/about/virtual/ "There are only two industries that refer to thier customers as 'users'."