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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!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!news.kreonet.re.kr!news.dacom.co.kr!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!hillres142.cc.purdue.edu!willey From: willey@hillres142.cc.purdue.edu (Marik Willey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: su Root? Date: 9 Jan 1996 18:08:49 GMT Organization: Purdue University Lines: 19 Message-ID: <4cuavh$id8@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <4cu84p$5m3@huron.eel.ufl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hillres142.cc.purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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? : BTW, we are talking about NetBSD 1.1 in a Sun 3/50. You can be in both groups! Add yourself to /etc/group like this: wheel:*:0:root,your_user_name_here And there you go... Mark