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Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2000 00:30:31 +0100 (BST)
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
To: Tony Hernadez <tony@cne-inc.com>
cc: "'tech-security@netbsd.org'" <tech-security@netbsd.org>
Subject: Re: 1.4.2 and adding users to be able to 'su'
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	From su(8)

     Only users in group ``wheel'' (normally gid 0), as listed in /etc/group,
     can su to ``root'', unless group wheel does not exist or has no
     members.

	You need to add them to /etc/group (or make sure the wheel group
	has no members)


                David/absolute
			       -- www.netbsd.org: A pmap for every occasion --


On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Tony Hernadez wrote:

> 
> I have tried to modify evey section of the /etc/passwd with vipw to add a
> user to the correct sendary group 'wheel' to be able to su ... why is this
> not working ? I need to be able to su every now and then in a telnet or ssh
> session.
> 
> 
> thanks for any ideas and help all is greatly appreciated.
> 
> cheers,
> --
> Tony Hernandez
> Network Engineer
> Computer Network Experts
>