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mengsk n00b
Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 7
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:19 pm Post subject: SU Does not Work |
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I just made a new account using the command given in the gentoo guide
useradd -m -G cassieg
then set hte password using
passwd cassieg
I had already finished the installation and until now have been ( I know foolishly) using only the root account to get things working and only just added a user account for myself to use..
THe problem is whenever i go to SU or even from KDE try to change options, when i put in my root password it does not accept it.!!!!
please help!![/post] |
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ce110ut Apprentice
Joined: 27 Sep 2002 Posts: 200
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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is cassieg in the wheel group? |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54237 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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mengsk,
You must add your user to the wheel group for su to work. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
those that have never had a hard drive fail. |
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anhlon n00b
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 35
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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add that user to the wheel group
usermod -G wheel cassieg |
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mengsk n00b
Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 7
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:58 am Post subject: |
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thank you so much for help
i realized now what a stupid question it was
but when i searched the forum intially it didn't display the sticky !!
so yeah i figured it out...
except now my root password wont even work... |
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RageOfOrder Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 06 Aug 2006 Posts: 99 Location: EH?!?!
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 7:02 am Post subject: |
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mengsk wrote: |
except now my root password wont even work... |
load the live CD, chroot into your install and change it. I believe that's the correct thing to do... _________________ ...And then stuff happened. |
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nixnut Bodhisattva
Joined: 09 Apr 2004 Posts: 10974 Location: the dutch mountains
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Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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Moved from Installing Gentoo to Duplicate Threads.
See https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-11126.html _________________ Please add [solved] to the initial post's subject line if you feel your problem is resolved. Help answer the unanswered
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