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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!uknet!eldorado.net-tel.co.uk!usenet From: Andrew Gordon <andrew.gordon@net-tel.co.uk> Subject: Re: su group? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: evening-star.net-tel.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <DE4wpx.4su@net-tel.co.uk> To: michael@gnj.or.jp Sender: usenet@net-tel.co.uk (usenet poster) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: NET-TEL Computer Systems Ltd References: <421ojb$nvo@gol1.gol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 17:32:20 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Url: news:421ojb$nvo@gol1.gol.com Lines: 12 MICHAEL <michael@gnj.or.jp> wrote: >When I try to do "su" the system reports that I am not in the correct >group to do this. Which group should I be in? I tried changing the >/etc/passwd file so that I had the same group number as "root" (group >0), but that didn't help. Edit /etc/group and add yourself to group 'wheel': wheel:*:0:root,michael,otheruser