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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer2.itd.umich.edu!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!raub From: raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu (Mauricio Tavares) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: su Root? Date: 11 Jan 1996 16:36:03 GMT Organization: Mostly Harmless Lines: 22 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4d3e9j$37l@huron.eel.ufl.edu> References: <4cu84p$5m3@huron.eel.ufl.edu> <4cudk2$4pi@news.rhrz.uni-bonn.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: kushana.aero.ufl.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] In 9 Jan 1996 18:53:54 GMT, Henry G. Juengst (juengst@saph1.physik.uni-bonn.de) wrote: > In article <4cu84p$5m3@huron.eel.ufl.edu>, raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu (Mauricio Tavares) writes: > > 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? > I agree. It is not very nice that users have to be member of the group > wheel (what a name...) just to be able to "su". Try the following patches: As soon as I get my 1GB drive I will try your patch. Thanks! That was *exactly* what i was after. -- ===========================+============================================= | Mauricio Tavares | "We will attack... | | raub@kushana.aero.ufl.edu | ...under the cover of daylight!" Rimmer | ===========================+=============================================