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From: veit@borneo.gmd.de (Holger Veit - SYDIS)
Subject: Re: su problems.
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In article <1993Jan27.070108.27600@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, galbrait@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (GALBRAITH JOHN) writes:
|> Hi,
|> On my 386bsd machine, nobody can su to root. There is no
|> password (confirmed by checking the password file a hundred times), yet
|> it asks for one anyway. I tried setting a password, but it would not
|> accept it. The /etc/group file is ok too.
|> The only way to become root is from the login: prompt. Then,
|> no password is needed. Obviously, this is a pain. Does anybody know
|> what is going on? Thanks.
|>
|> john galbraith
|> galbrait@rintintin.colorado.edu
|>
You are aware that a user must be in the group wheel or may become member of
group wheel to sucessfully execute su, aren't you? Your
group file might need a line like the following:
wheel:*:1:root,bill,lynne,galbrait
or alike (provided your account is 'galbrait' as in your posting).
Hope that helps
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