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Re: [cobalt-users] su'ing to root from an account other than "admin"
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] su'ing to root from an account other than "admin"
- From: "Steve Werby" <steve-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Jul 5 04:09:16 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
"Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was wondering, is it possible to log in (or su to) "root" without being
> logged into "admin"? Everytime I try and su to root from my user account,
> I get "su: incorrect password" or something to that effect. Any clues?
Only users in the group "wheel" are allowed to su to root. Add another user
to wheel if you'd like.
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Steve Werby
President, Befriend Internet Services LLC
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