Locked out of Root
    mdh 
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    Wed Oct 22 20:59:16 PDT 2008
    
    
  
He said his unprivileged user isn't in the wheel group.  
To answer the initial question, you'll need to login to the system on the local console.  You cannot get root access via the network unless you're running another remote access service besides ssh which will allow you to login as root directly.  
- mdh
--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Benjamin Lee <ben at b1c1l1.com> wrote:
> From: Benjamin Lee <ben at b1c1l1.com>
> Subject: Re: Locked out of Root
> To: "APseudoUtopia" <apseudoutopia at gmail.com>
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 11:25 PM
> 
> Login as the unprivileged user and run:
> 
> $ su
> 
> See su(1).
      
    
    
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