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From: Simon Loader <fredead@pavilion.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: su doesn't work
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 12:56:54 +0100
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To: Michael Mir Shafae <cadaver@cats.ucsc.edu>
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Michael Mir Shafae wrote:
>
> I just got FreeBSD 2.1.7 working and I made myself an account during
> the initial installation. However when I am logged in as this account
> I can't use su. It gives the a kerberos error that I am not in the
> proper group to be able to use the su command. I don't quite follow
> what I must do to be able to use su from an account. Right now there
> are only two accounts on my machine: 'root' and 'me'. What must I do to
> allow 'me' to do an su.
>
Make sure you are in group wheel ( its a BSD thing )
Or delete all members from group wheel ( works on SunOs 4.1.? )
--
Si