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Can't SU to Root on Telent

I set up my first server and enabled telent. It's all on a closed network so I'm not worried about security. I just want to practice stuff. When I try to login in a root with the correct password, I get "Login Incorrect". I expect this is happening because 'root' isn't allowed remote access. So when I login as a normal user, I try to "su" and I get "su: Sorry". Do I have to set some special permissions for this? Thanks _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"

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Re: Can't SU to Root on Telent

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Campbell" <freebsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <freebsd-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:43 PM Subject: Re: Can't SU to Root on Telent > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004, Adam wrote: > > >I set up my first server and enabled telent. It's all on a closed network > >so I'm not worried about security. I just want to practice stuff. > > >When I try to login in a root with the correct password, I get "Login > >Incorrect". I expect this is happening because 'root' isn't allowed remote > >access. > > >So when I login as a normal user, I try to "su" and I get "su: Sorry". Do > >I have to set some special permissions for this? > > Off the top of my head, I think you need to be a member of the > ``wheel'' group to su to root. > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ > > Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual > way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of > complaining. > -- Jef Raskin http://jefraskin.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx" I thought I set that up. How do I check if a user is a member of wheel? If not how do I add them to that group? Thanks _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"

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Can't SU to Root on Telent

I set up my first server and enabled telent. It's all on a closed network so I'm not worried about security. I just want to practice stuff. When I try to login in a root with the correct password, I get "Login Incorrect". I expect this is happening because 'root' isn't allowed remote access. So when I login as a normal user, I try to "su" and I get "su: Sorry". Do I have to set some special permissions for this? Thanks _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"

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Re: Can't SU to Root on Telent

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Campbell" <freebsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <freebsd-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:43 PM Subject: Re: Can't SU to Root on Telent > On Thu, Dec 16, 2004, Adam wrote: > > >I set up my first server and enabled telent. It's all on a closed network > >so I'm not worried about security. I just want to practice stuff. > > >When I try to login in a root with the correct password, I get "Login > >Incorrect". I expect this is happening because 'root' isn't allowed remote > >access. > > >So when I login as a normal user, I try to "su" and I get "su: Sorry". Do > >I have to set some special permissions for this? > > Off the top of my head, I think you need to be a member of the > ``wheel'' group to su to root. > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ > > Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual > way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of > complaining. > -- Jef Raskin http://jefraskin.com/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx" I thought I set that up. How do I check if a user is a member of wheel? If not how do I add them to that group? Thanks _______________________________________________ freebsd-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx"