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user124
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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2002 11:51 am    Post subject: permission denied on "su -" under kde Reply with quote

hi,

when running a terminal under kde im not able to "su -" - permision denied.
-- now i tried (as root at a console) a "su - userfoo" , no problem. but then again as userfoo "su -" to get root - no chance.

what am i doing wrong?

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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2002 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hi,

are you member of the group wheel ??

see FAQ:
Quote:

For security reasons, users may only su to root if they belong to the wheel group. To add a username to the wheel group, issue the following command as root:

Code:
 
# usermod -G users,wheel username
 




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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2002 12:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ahhh..

jepp, a "usermod -G wheel userfoo" solved the problem

thanks :)
next time i'll rtfm
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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2002 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hehe.. reminds me of

[img:8ab873933d]http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/action/old/rtfm03.jpg[/img:8ab873933d]
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PostPosted: Thu May 02, 2002 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mb wrote:
hehe.. reminds me of


:lol:
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PostPosted: Sat May 04, 2002 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hehe..

:oops:

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