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From: root@brians-domain.com (Brian Bayorgeon)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Cannot SU Root
Date: 1 Aug 1996 06:58:38 -0500
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Andr=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9?= Coetzee (acoetzee@ctcc.gov.za) wrote:
: 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.

the user that your doing the su command from must be a member of
the "wheel" group.