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From: michael@jester.GUN.de (Michael Gerhards)
Subject: Re: Logging In
References: <2966518765.0.p00181@psilink.com> <CIz8nC.Gt@deanstoy.wa.com>
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Date: Sun, 2 Jan 1994 19:14:08 GMT
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In article <CIz8nC.Gt@deanstoy.wa.com> , Dean M. Phillips wrote:
> In article <2966518765.0.p00181@psilink.com> "Jim Moser" <p00181@psilink.com> writes:
> >get into the system by loggin in as root..but it complains
> >later that I should not login as root but as su. So..I'm back to my
> >original problem as to how to determine the password for superuser.
> >Any help/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanx! Jim
> Log in a root - its ok to do so when first setting things up.
[ good explanation deleted ]
You should edit /etc/group, too, because you have to be listed in the
group 'wheel' to be allowed to 'su' to root.
Michael
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