If an user which is loged in to his FreeNAS server over ssh and which is then trying to login as a root typing "su -" command gets
palo@PS ~/Documents/OneDrive $ ssh palo@192.168.1.5
palo@192.168.10.7's password:
Last login: Sat Nov 12 09:12:00 2016 from 10.0.0.17
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[palo@freenas] /% su -
su: Sorry
This mean he is unable to get into the root account. Be able to login as the root that user have to be added into the "wheel" group. Than it works
[palo@freenas] /% su - Password: [root@freenas] ~#