From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 12 18:34:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA04623 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:34:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from odyssey.apana.org.au (odyssey.apana.org.au [203.11.114.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA04605 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 18:34:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dean@odyssey.apana.org.au) Received: from dean (dialup01.odyssey.apana.org.au [203.11.114.101]) by odyssey.apana.org.au (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA00652; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:35:21 +0800 (WST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19971113102621.006a4780@odyssey.apana.org.au> X-Sender: dean@odyssey.apana.org.au X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:26:21 +0800 To: "Fiore, William" From: Dean Hollister Subject: Re: su root - I cant remember the incantation to do this Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <314E26C1801AD1119C3000805FD40926124DD5@usilms05.cai.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 12:57 12/11/97 -0500, you wrote: >Could someone remind me as to which /etc file needs to be modified >so that a non priviledged user can do a su root if he knows the root >password You need to edit the /etc/group file and add the relevant user/s into the wheel group. Regards, d. +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Dean Hollister, | deanh@iinet.net.au | | Region Co-Ordinator, | dean@odyssey.apana.org.au*| | APANA, | | | Western Australia. | *finger A/C for more info | +-------------------------------------------------------+ ST:VOY Kess: "I wish people would stop talking to me as if I'm still a child! I'm three years old now!"