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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!sun4nl!news.nic.surfnet.nl!tudelft.nl!news.twi.tudelft.nl!overdrive.cpr.nl!dejongh From: dejongh@overdrive.cpr.nl (Jan de Jongh) Subject: Re: Why can't I su to root? Message-ID: <CzAF0n.4nE@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl> Sender: news@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (TWI News Administration) Organization: Delft University of Technology References: <39rpt8$iva@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU> <kargl-1111941013490001@spleen.apl.washington.edu> Distribution: usa Date: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 02:31:35 GMT Lines: 36 In article <kargl-1111941013490001@spleen.apl.washington.edu>, kargl@apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl) writes: |> In article <39rpt8$iva@news.CCIT.Arizona.EDU>, tom@canopus.as.arizona.edu |> (Thomas J. Trebisky) wrote: |> |> > I am running NetBSD 1.0, I have installed myself using vipw |> > (user number 100, group 0) and can happily login and such, but |> > when I try to su, it says that I am not in the correct group |> > to su root. Well, near as I can tell I am in group 0, which |> > is the wheel group, so what am I missing? I have not made |> > any changes to /etc/group, and don't think I should need to. |> > |> |> Wrong. You need to edit /etc/group and add your login name |> to wheel's group. Why is that necessary? The user should be added to the group specified in his/her /etc/passwd entry automatically. Or..? I also noticed that when I specify a valid group there (>0), all files I create are of group 'wheel', as long as my home-directory is of group wheel. When I change the group of my homedir to (say) 'rtfm', all files I create are of group 'rtfm'. This cannot be a coincidence, and it must be a faq... So, I'll rephrase the question: where can I find the faq? I've read all (well, a host of them) /usr/share/doc files, as well as the README files that came with NetBSD. |> |> -- |> Steven G. Kargl |> Applied Physics Laboratory |> University of Washington |> Seattle, WA 98105 Jan de Jongh, Delft University of Technology dejongh@cs.tudelft.nl (PLEASE DO NOT USE MY SLIP ADDRESS twi39...).