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From: hofmanne@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de (Eckart Hofmann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot SU Root
Date: 31 Jul 1996 12:23:21 GMT
Organization: TU Dresden (URZ)
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Andr=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= Coetzee (acoetzee@ctcc.gov.za) wrote:
>
> When I log in as root, a message is displayed that I should rather log in
> as myself and then SU to root. When I try this, I am told that I am in
> the wrong group to SU root.
>
> How do I fix this please?
>
Choose the group "wheel" as group for your user you want to add.
Hth,
Eckart
PS: Yes, I'm trying to learn English. :)
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