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From: Andrew Gordon <andrew.gordon@net-tel.co.uk>
Subject: Re: su group?
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MICHAEL <michael@gnj.or.jp> wrote:
>When I try to do "su" the system reports that I am not in the correct
>group to do this. Which group should I be in? I tried changing the
>/etc/passwd file so that I had the same group number as "root" (group
>0), but that didn't help.

Edit /etc/group and add yourself to group 'wheel':

wheel:*:0:root,michael,otheruser