[plug] gentoo progress

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make sure you have updated your configs (this is where most problems come from)
 
handy tool to help with updating gentoo configs cfg-update
 
emerge cfg-update
search forum for explination
 
I say again MOST problems stem from NOT updating the gentoo configs


William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:
With gentoo you must be in the "wheel" group to su. Gives control over
who can and cant su from a common user group. I thought most distros
did this? (seem to remember Mandrake did anyway)

By the way, dont play with PAM like some of the others are suggesting.
Its a horrible, nasty piece of gear thats responsible for some weird and
wonderful faults that will drive you bananas to faultfind and fix. I
think pam at the moment is pretty bug free, so I'd reccomend letting
sleeping Dogs (with a capital "D") lie. Hmmm, its beginning to sound
like my last alligator style wrestling session with PAM didnt go so
well ...

BillK

On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 16:16 +0800, Jim Householder wrote:
> I'm now having a bit of trouble accessing root privileges. I can login 
> as root with no problems.
> 
> su gets me:
> $ su
> 
> su: permission denied
> Sorry.
> $
> 
> man su sheds no light on this.
> 
> TIA
> Jim
> 
-- 
William Kenworthy 
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