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From: jagnew@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (H. Jared Agnew)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: I can't login as superuser
Date: 9 Dec 1996 08:33:47 -0500
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA
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Jaroslav Klaus (klaus@cvlinux.felk.cvut.cz) wrote:
: Root made a new user ID=1000, Gid=0 (wheel), but this user can't
: use  su.  

  The user 1000, should be the first user on the machine, if added by adduser
script.  It probably should not be Gid=0, you should pick a # for a users 
group.

: The su command  told me 'You group can't login as su root.'
: (I'm also root).

  The reason is probably because you have not added user (ID=1000) to the 
wheel group in /etc/group.

Good luck

----  Jared
--jared@vt.edu