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Subject: Problems with su
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Hi, I am a new FreeBSD user.  I recently installed 5.1-RELEASE on my 
Compaq Presario laptop and everything has been going great.  However,
whenever I try to run su as my normal user I get the following error
message before I even get a password prompt:

su: Sorry

Does anyone know what the problem is?  I would greatly appreciate any
help.

Jacob Rothenbuhler