Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 16:27:15 -0700 From: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> To: Jake Rothenbuhler <jacobr@covad.net> Cc: FreeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Problems with su Message-ID: <3F5678D3.2020608@Siemens.com> In-Reply-To: <1062627820.37314.5.camel@deathstar> References: <1062627820.37314.5.camel@deathstar>
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Jake Rothenbuhler wrote: >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: > > Is your user authorized to perform su? Under BSD systems, unlike Linux, only members of the wheel group may use the su command. David
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