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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!uct.uni.net.za!csir.uni.net.za!wits.uni.net.za!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!portc01.blue.aol.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.insinc.net!econ4.econnect.net!news1.econnect.ca!mattp From: mattp@news.io.org (Matt Pounsett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How do you allow a normal user to su to root? Date: 2 Apr 1997 20:38:09 GMT Organization: Vex.Net Lines: 17 Message-ID: <slrn5k5gmq.p21.mattp@vex.net> References: <Pine.GSO.3.94.970319003147.10742B-100000@Stratus.CAM.ORG> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.207.191.193 X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38882 In article <Pine.GSO.3.94.970319003147.10742B-100000@Stratus.CAM.ORG>, General American Compagnie de Reassurance-Vie du Canada wrote: > When I try, I get : > su: you are not in the correct group to su root. > What group should I be in ? I have this line in the group file: > wheel:*:0:root:mario Your groups entry is wrong. logins in the group file should be a comma separated list. What you want is wheel:*:0:root,mario -- Matthew Pounsett (MP1229) mattp@conundrum.com, mattp@vex.net "Gee Wally, what'll you do with the body?" -- "Batsy" Reid