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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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