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thomasn
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 Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject: cannot su -- but password is good... |
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Hi,
On a new Gentoo install (IBM Thinkpad) I can log in as root - but if I log in as a normal user, I cannot su to get root access. I type in the password, I just get "Permission denied. Sorry."
I've tried with a root password containing only ASCII characters and numbers, to make sure it's not a keymap problem.
I used a 2004.3 Universal CD, FWIW.
Any ideas? What could I look for?
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montesq
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are you sure that the user which use "su" is also in the "wheel" group?
What do that command say?
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more /etc/group|grep wheel
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thomasn
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are you sure that the user which use "su" is also in the "wheel" group?
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Bingo - used usermod to add the user to the wheel group, all works perfectly. Thanks, Montesq.
Beating the record yet again, that's now a 6 minute response time. These forums inspire a good deal of awe.
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toralf
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject: Re: cannot su -- but password is good... |
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Any ideas? What could I look for?
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#su
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thomasn
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| Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:40 pm Post subject: Re: cannot su -- but password is good... |
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| toralf wrote: | | http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#su |
Thanks, will RTFM more thoroughly next time.
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