At 01:58 PM 8/11/2004, you wrote: > Hi, > > I got my /etc/passwd and /etc/group from mkpasswd and mkgroup. When I'm loged as > user, sometimes I need to get administrator privileges, for instance, to make and > install a library or program. How do I do that? I tried: > >su administrator > >but it always says I'm using the wrong password (I use the same password I use to log >as administrator). What am I doing wrong?
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