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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!198.82.160.249!solaris.cc.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!csugrad.cs.vt.edu!not-for-mail From: jagnew@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (H. Jared Agnew) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: I can't login as superuser Date: 9 Dec 1996 08:33:47 -0500 Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <58h4fr$ctf@csugrad.cs.vt.edu> References: <32A56BC8.69A11759@vision.felk.cvut.cz> NNTP-Posting-Host: csugrad.cs.vt.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jaroslav Klaus (klaus@cvlinux.felk.cvut.cz) wrote: : Root made a new user ID=1000, Gid=0 (wheel), but this user can't : use su. The user 1000, should be the first user on the machine, if added by adduser script. It probably should not be Gid=0, you should pick a # for a users group. : The su command told me 'You group can't login as su root.' : (I'm also root). The reason is probably because you have not added user (ID=1000) to the wheel group in /etc/group. Good luck ---- Jared --jared@vt.edu