Subject: Re: Question about NetBSD
To: Merlin of Chaos <emiles@netcom.com>
From: Chris A. Mattingly <Chris_Mattingly@ncsu.edu>
List: amiga-dev
Date: 01/14/1995 13:59:17
> Can anyone explain to me why my account, which is set into
> group wheel, cannot 'su root'? It says I am not set into the
> correct group, yet everything else I can find says I _am_
> wheel. I'm lost.

When you say that your user is in the group wheel, do you mean he has
the GID of the group wheel, or he is listed in /etc/group as a member
of group wheel?

Only the last one must be true.  (e.g.: I can have GID 1069, but if I 
am on in the group wheel in /etc/group, then I can su)

Hope this helps.

-Chris

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