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From: inmla@idefix.rz.tu-clausthal.de (Markus Lamers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD Amiga, Wrong group to su root?
Date: 15 May 1995 17:14:47 GMT
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M. Scott Wills (mwills@zephyr.ess.harris.com) wrote:
: I can't su root when I log in as myself. The man page says I need to
: be in group wheel (0). Well, I am, but su still says I'm not in the
: right group to su root. Possibly a NetBSD 1.0 misfeature?
: Scott
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: M. Scott Wills, mwills@harris.com, Voice: 407-729-3283, Fax: 407-729-7459
I had the same problem first, but after adding myself (logt in as root) to
group wheel, I had no more problems to su.
Have you changed the file /etc/groups ?
Ciao,
Markus
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