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#! rnews 1005 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-res.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!psgrain!iafrica.com!aztec.co.za!usenet From: Andr=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= Coetzee <acoetzee@ctcc.gov.za> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Cannot SU Root Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 14:09:35 -0700 Organization: Cape Town City Council Lines: 12 Message-ID: <31FFCB8E.714A@ctcc.gov.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: 165.25.60.135 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4Gold (Win95; I; 16bit) I am a newcomer to FreeBSD - After installation (2.1.5 Release) I created a user in my name using all the defaults (adduser). When I log in as root, a message is displayed that I should rather log in as myself and then SU to root. When I try this, I am told that I am in the wrong group to SU root. How do I fix this please? Please could you e-mail your reply so that I can be sure receive it.