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From: hofmanne@rcs.urz.tu-dresden.de (Eckart Hofmann)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot SU Root
Date: 31 Jul 1996 12:23:21 GMT
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Andr=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= Coetzee (acoetzee@ctcc.gov.za) wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 
Choose the group "wheel" as group for your user you want to add.

Hth,
	Eckart

PS: Yes, I'm trying to learn English. :)

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