Nick Guenther wrote: > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 4:51 PM, phil <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello >> >> I have some strange behavior with su in openbsd 4.6, >> I have two users root and test, test user is in wheel group with usermod -G >> wheel test, when i try to be root with su - >> I have the sorry message and in the /var/log/authlog I have : >> BAD SU test to root on /dev/ttyp0 >> >> I'm sure about the root password, cat from /etc/group show me that test user >> is in wheel group. >> If I remove the test user and recreate it whith adduser and specify to add >> test user in the wheel group I have the same behavior >> If I try to get root privilege with su root - I have the same result. >> >> What I do wrong or missing. >> > > Hmm. Try the obvious first: what does groups say about your test user?
Also, the new group does not apply to an already logged in user. Use id(1) to see if you are who you seem to be.
