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Date:      Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:26:21 +0800
From:      Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
To:        "Fiore, William" <Fiowi01@mail.cai.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: su root - I cant remember the incantation to do this
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19971113102621.006a4780@odyssey.apana.org.au>
In-Reply-To: <314E26C1801AD1119C3000805FD40926124DD5@usilms05.cai.com>

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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.

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