Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 15:30:53 +0100 From: Anthony Barlow <tony@warp.co.uk> To: "Larry S. Marso" <lsmarso@panix.com>, Anthony Barlow <tony@mail.warp.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems su-ing to root... Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970411153053.006abac4@mail.warp.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19970411092141.57201@panix.com> References: <3.0.1.32.19970410085617.0068a638@mail.warp.co.uk> <Pine.A41.3.95.970408151515.17354A-100000@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> <3.0.1.32.19970410085617.0068a638@mail.warp.co.uk>
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At 09:21 11-04-97 -0400, Larry S. Marso wrote: >Are you certain the solution is not as simple as adding the user in >question manually to the /etc/group file, in addition to making the change >as root via chpass? No wheel is group 0 on FreeBSD where as it's 10 on our Lunix boxes and 0 is root. The FreeBSD machines where some how getting confused, causing permission problems and other hidden problems. >On Thu, Apr 10, 1997 at 08:56:17AM +0100, Anthony Barlow wrote: >> We've noticed this as well with NIS if your using it. Make sure wheel is >> the same on all the servers, on Linux which is still our main servers group >> 0 is root, whereas in FreeBSD group 0 is wheel. As our NIS servers are on >> Linux, this also created the can't cd to root, incorrect group. >> >> We did place +:*: at the end of our /etc/group file, but during the night >> some cron job placed it at the beginning of the file. >> >> At 08:47 09-04-97 +1000, Andrew Perry wrote: >> >Did you check in /etc/group to make sure you're in the wheel group? >> > >> >On Tue, 8 Apr 1997 pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co wrote: >> >> From: pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co >> >> >> >> I am trying to su to root under FreeBSD under 2.2 Release and I receive a >> >> message that I am not in the correct group. I am in wheel, am I doing >> >> something wrong or did I find a bug? >> >> >> >> ( I used the old adduser script to add my account and left the root >> >> account without password.) >> >> Regards, >> Anthony >> >> > >
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