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Date:      Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:28:51 +0000
From:      Jez Hancock <jez.hancock@munk.nu>
To:        Kevin Coles <kevcoles@sympatico.ca>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Su to Root
Message-ID:  <20040320182850.GB59236@users.munk.nu>
In-Reply-To: <405C8161.401@sympatico.ca>
References:  <405C8161.401@sympatico.ca>

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On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Kevin Coles wrote:
> I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem 
> to su to root while using my normal account.
> All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help?

Try resetting the root password perhaps?  See here:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/admin.html#FORGOT-ROOT-PW

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