can't su to root?

fuqqer · Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2002 9:35 pm Post subject: can't su to root?

This is the wierd, I can't su to run emerge. I have to goto another VT to log in as root. I want to run emerge from within kde while logged in as a regular user. That way I can monitor the processes as they go along. I imagine that it's probably a security feature, but I don't like it. How do I get rid of it?

Thanks for any help,

-Jake

rojaro · l33t Joined: 06 May 2002 Posts: 732

users which should be allowed to use the "su" command must be a member in group "wheel" ... usermod -G wheel username ...
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pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Answered in the FAQ and in this thread.
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