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jammer


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09-13-07 12:20 AM

I use passwordless login (ssh user@host) but when I try to 'su', I
always get "su: incorrect password".
user is in the wheel group and I can 'ssh root@host'.






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    Re: local su problem  
David McKenzie


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09-13-07 06:19 AM

jammer wrote:
> I use passwordless login (ssh user@host) but when I try to 'su', I
> always get "su: incorrect password".
> user is in the wheel group and I can 'ssh root@host'.
>
You should use 'sudo su -'

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