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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoknor.edu!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!bg966 From: bg966@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Chris Mc Carthy) Subject: Re: NetBSD Amiga, Wrong group to su root? Message-ID: <D8MLws.HMM@freenet.carleton.ca> Sender: bg966@freenet2.carleton.ca (Chris Mc Carthy) Reply-To: bg966@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Chris Mc Carthy) Organization: The National Capital FreeNet References: <MWILLS.95May15093001@zephyr.ess.harris.com> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 15:34:04 GMT Lines: 16 In a previous posting, M. Scott Wills (mwills@zephyr.ess.harris.com) writes: > 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 > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > M. Scott Wills, mwills@harris.com, Voice: 407-729-3283, Fax: 407-729-7459 A misfeature, no, Does your /etc/group file have the line wheel::0:root, <your_user-id>, <other wheel members> ? ..ChrisMc Carthy.