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Date:      Thu, 16 Apr 1998 10:18:44 -0400
From:      Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>
To:        El Diablo <thepro@wt.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd root
Message-ID:  <19980416101844.08376@mph124.rh.psu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3535BBE0.2C6B180B@wt.net>; from El Diablo on Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 03:05:53AM -0500
References:  <3535BBE0.2C6B180B@wt.net>

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On Thu, Apr 16, 1998 at 03:05:53AM -0500, El Diablo wrote:

> when trying to su root as a normal user, freebsd doent allow this even
> if the user is in the same group as root (wheel).  How do I allow this?
> I have a few priviledged users to have root access.   I am running
> FreeBSD with MD5 encryptions (not kerebos).

"su" does not look at the primary group (the one that is a field
in /etc/passwd).  Make sure that the users are listed in the
/etc/group entry for wheel, like so:

wheel:*:0:root,mph

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