can't su

f.kater · Guru Joined: 23 May 2002 Posts: 342 Location: Berlin

Hi,

since I am not logging in as root anymore but as a user several things go wrong...

Why can't I su into root? After entering the passwort it says permission denied.
Why does my ~/.bashrc work for root but when copied to the user's home doesn't?

If you have any hint for me I'd be glad.
Thanks
Felix

Martin · Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2002 3:56 pm Post subject:

You can't su unless you belong to the wheel group. It's a security feature. Check it out in the gentoo faq.

Cheers.

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067