[nycbug-talk] quick and dirty su question

Roland C. Dowdeswell elric
Wed Aug 11 16:28:11 EDT 2004


On 1092175414 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
"Joshua S. Freeman" wrote:
>

>i am a sudoer and that works fine
>
>i cannot su - or su -root or su root...
>
>even though I know that root password.

Are you listed explicitly in the wheel group?  If not, then you are not
allowed to su.

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    Roland Dowdeswell                      http://www.Imrryr.ORG/~elric/




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