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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!udel!news.mathworks.com!news2.near.net!news.delphi.com!news2.delphi.com!not-for-mail From: SCOTTJOR@news.delphi.com (SCOTTJOR@DELPHI.COM) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Cant get SU to work!? Date: 10 Feb 1995 04:55:46 -0500 Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation Lines: 20 Message-ID: <3hfd72$rhv@news2.delphi.com> References: <3gp05k$msr@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3gr2te$4v@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: news2.delphi.com >: I know that this sounds impossible, but I keep getting: >: You are in the wrong group to su root >wheel:*:0:root,wpaul I struggled with this exact problem for hours. Apparantly the password table entry is not adequate to get su to think you are in the wheel group. After taking two days and much RTFMing the man pages, i'm close to deciding that the reputation is correct. This *nix or Un*x or BSD stuff is just too cryptic. It took me almost that long to figure out how to add a user. And I thought I was a reasonably sophisticated computer user. I make my living as a consultant with them. A pointer to the Newbie sysadmin FAQ would be helpful!!! Do the Linux folks have such a document? maybe I could get it translated?