"su" doesn't work

helmerj · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2002 Posts: 12 Location: New York

Hi!

in order to work as root all the time I prefer to login as a normal user. when I want to install soemthing I have to be root though. I'm running a "normal 1.2 system on a ThinkPad S30 and I can't login as root using the "su" command.
Do I have to turn on the permission to do so? And ifso where would I do that?

Thanks Juergen

Sesquipedalian · n00b Joined: 22 May 2002 Posts: 62 Location: Loveland, CO

the user you log in with must be a member of the "wheel" group.

usermod -G wheel <username>

- Sesq

ebichu · Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2002 6:16 pm Post subject:

pjp · Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2002 9:33 pm Post subject:

Answered in the FAQ and in this thread.
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