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mdpye
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 4:31 pm    Post subject: su isn't working on my install Reply with quote

I have just installed Gentoo from the 1.0 CD, compiling everything from source, and the only hitch I have so far is that whenever I try to su to root, I get

mp@gremlin mp $ su
Password:
su: Permission denied
Sorry.
mp@gremlin mp $

This isn't something I've ever come across before, so I am kind of stumped. Any help gratefully received.
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nempo
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the user who is trying to su must be in the group wheel.
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2002 4:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What you need to do is add your user to the wheel group in the /etc/groups file.

Open the file as follows while logged in as root:

nano -w /etc/groups

Now add your user 'mp' at the end of the line that has 'wheel:' in it.

This is a security issue and is normal so you just have to add any users that need to have access to 'su' to root, to the wheel group.
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