Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!ucla-cs!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!pyramid!leadsv!esl!esl.ESL.COM!dbk From: dbk@esl.com (David Kay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: su'ing (was Re: Novice Questions) Message-ID: Date: 9 Mar 90 17:54:07 GMT Sender: news@esl.ESL.COM Distribution: usa Organization: ESL Inc., Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 18 If you don't want to add everyone who might su root to the wheel group, another was is to su to an account that can su, like "me." Here's how I do it: joeblow> su me Password: me> su Password: root> [do root stuff] root> exit me> exit joeblow> (carry on) I do this all the time, and it works fine. David Kay dbk@esl.com