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From: rajkumar@plains.UUCP (A. Joseph Rajkumar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Novice questions
Message-ID: <3727@plains.UUCP>
Date: 9 Mar 90 02:05:48 GMT
References: <YZxek3i00WBMA9al8a@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: rajkumar@plains.UUCP (A. Joseph Rajkumar)
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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In article <YZxek3i00WBMA9al8a@andrew.cmu.edu> cc3z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher N. Carlson) writes:
> I can't su to root. In contradiction to the man page on su, I am not
>prompted for a password. Instead, I get the message "You do not have
>permission to su root."

  I am the sys-adm on one of the next machines on campus. I have been
struggling ever-since to login into to my ordinary account and then su
to root if and when it is necessary. I would confirm that I also get
the same message and would very much like to hear how it is done.

Joseph Rajkumar