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From: curt@portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: su Root?
Date: 9 Jan 1996 10:33:17 -0800
Organization: Internet Portal Services, Ltd.
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Message-ID: <4cucdd$82l@cynic.portal.ca>
References: <4cu84p$5m3@huron.eel.ufl.edu>
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In article <4cu84p$5m3@huron.eel.ufl.edu>,
Mauricio Tavares <raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu> wrote:
> I hope this is a fast question: I've created a normal user
>account for me to use instead of root. However, I can't su root from
>that account; I keep getting an error message saying I am in the wrong
>group to su root. I do not want to add me to wheel group (I am
>currently in staff); what should I do then?
You *must* be in the wheel group to su. You can stay in staff as well,
though; just leave your /etc/passwd entry unchanged, and add your name
to the list of users on the wheel line in /etc/group:
wheel:*:0:root,myuser
cjs
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