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From: mattp@news.io.org (Matt Pounsett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do you allow a normal user to su to root?
Date: 2 Apr 1997 20:38:09 GMT
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In article <Pine.GSO.3.94.970319003147.10742B-100000@Stratus.CAM.ORG>, General
American Compagnie de Reassurance-Vie du Canada wrote:

>  When I try, I get :
>     su: you are not in the correct group to su root.
>  What group should I be in ? I have this line in the group file:
>    wheel:*:0:root:mario

Your groups entry is wrong.  logins in the group file should be a comma
separated list.  What you want is

wheel:*:0:root,mario

-- 
Matthew Pounsett (MP1229) mattp@conundrum.com, mattp@vex.net

"Gee Wally, what'll you do with the body?"  -- "Batsy" Reid