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From: groenveld@acm.org (John D Groenveld)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't su to root
Date: 22 Nov 2024 02:48:45 GMT
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In article <vhor6g$t6hv$1@dont-email.me>,
Aelius Gallus  <alexias@nospam.mail> wrote:
>Just installed FreeBSD-14.1 and found that I can't
>su to root from a normal user. Any help in the right
>direction will be appreciated.

<URL:https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=su&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+14.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html>
       PAM  is	used  to set the policy	su(1) will use.	 In particular,	by de-
       fault only users	in the "wheel" group can switch	 to  UID  0  ("root").
       This group requirement may be changed by	modifying the "pam_group" sec-
       tion  of	 /etc/pam.d/su.	 See pam_group(8) for details on how to	modify
       this setting.

John
groenveld@acm.org