Look at: man login.defs JLF Sends... It seems like on Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 10:58:20AM -0700, Donald Martinez scribbled: Orig Msg> I know that in freebsd you have to allow a user to be able to su to Orig Msg> root. I just installed debian on a machine and want to be able to do the Orig Msg> same thing. Orig Msg> To allow a user to su you have to add them to the wheel group in freebsd Orig Msg> if my memory serves me correctly, but I don't see anything like that Orig Msg> here in debian. Orig Msg> Orig Msg> Can someone help, I only want one user to be able to su to root and Orig Msg> nobody else , and I want to use linux :) Orig Msg> Orig Msg> Thanks in advance, Orig Msg> Orig Msg> Donald Orig Msg> Orig Msg> Jean Francois - JLF Sends... President & CEO - MagusNet, Inc., MagusNet.com, MagusNet.Gilbert.AZ.US MagusNet, Inc. - Design * Develop * Integrate if ( $make_world || $make_build ) then { $HAVE_FUN = $BUILD_FLAVOR{$BSD}; } else { print "Sorry can't do that with this OS"; }