Thanks! and... the su command

Duane Whitty duane at greenmeadow.ca
Sun Mar 26 07:19:30 UTC 2006


Saul Mena Avila wrote:
> Hi!. Thanks for helping me with the USB flash memory. I've also have trouble
> with the su command... since I installed the FreeBSD 5.4, everytime I try to
> login as root with su, the shell answers me with "Sorry"... and that's all.
> Is it wrong configured or installed?
>
> -saul
>   
Hi,

Check to see if you belong to the wheel group.
As root
#pw groupshow wheel

If your user name doesn't appear then do this
#pw groupmod wheel -m your_user_name_here

Next time you log in as that user you should
be able to su to root

--Duane Whitty


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