'su' problem

[Jerry McAllister]

> 
> Hello list...
> 
> When I try to run 'su' it does not run and returns a message:
> 
> su: Sorry.
> 
> and returns to the shell prompt... I guess it is 'cos some kind of 
> permission... just read the 'su' manpage and it tells about a /etc/pam.conf 
> but the file is not present... should I create it by hand? or there is an 
> utility to add users or something like?

Are you running it as root?  If so, you are probably mistyping something.

If you are not root and trying to su to root, then your id has to be 
in the wheel group.

////jerry

> 
> Thanx!
>