Can't use 'su' command,

Jerry McAllister jerrymc at clunix.cl.msu.edu
Fri Jul 8 16:08:44 GMT 2005


> 
> When I logon, my $SHELL is /bin/sh, but when I use 'su root' to do some 
> confige, the system told me :
> 
> $ su
> su: Sorry
> 
> I found out the su command location with the following :
> 
> $ which su
> /usr/bin/su
> 
> Anybody help me to figure out the problems ? thanks!

Is your id in the 'wheel' group?   It must be to be allowed
to do an su to root.

////jerry

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