su command & PPP

Malcolm Kay malcolm.kay at internode.on.net
Sun Oct 16 05:25:03 PDT 2005


On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 08:28 am, Mohsen Pahlevanzadeh wrote:
> Dears,
> I have 2 question :
> 1.for dialing PPP ,Am i do compile kernel?
> 2.When i run gdm,i can't use su command.When i use this
> command,i recieve following text :
> "su : sorrry!"

This is the normal response to a user who does not have 
access to the "wheel" group.
To su to root you need to belong to this group.

Add your user login name to the wheel:*:0: line in 
/etc/group.

Malcolm Kay




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