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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-fw-6.sprintlink.net!hermes.athenet.net!brians-pc.brians-domain.com!not-for-mail From: root@brians-domain.com (Brian Bayorgeon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Cannot SU Root Date: 1 Aug 1996 06:58:38 -0500 Organization: Brian's InterNetNews site Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4tq65e$k3@brians-pc.brians-domain.com> References: <31FFCB8E.714A@ctcc.gov.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: pm-at-1-10.athenet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Andr=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= Coetzee (acoetzee@ctcc.gov.za) wrote: : I am a newcomer to FreeBSD - : After installation (2.1.5 Release) I created a user in my name using all : the defaults (adduser). : 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? : Please could you e-mail your reply so that I can be sure receive it. the user that your doing the su command from must be a member of the "wheel" group.