<DIV>make sure you have updated your configs (this is where most problems come from)</DIV>
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<DIV>handy tool to help with updating gentoo configs cfg-update</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>emerge cfg-update</DIV>
<DIV>search forum for explination</DIV>
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<DIV>I say again MOST problems stem from NOT updating the gentoo configs</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>William Kenworthy <billk@iinet.net.au></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">With gentoo you must be in the "wheel" group to su. Gives control over<BR>who can and cant su from a common user group. I thought most distros<BR>did this? (seem to remember Mandrake did anyway)<BR><BR>By the way, dont play with PAM like some of the others are suggesting.<BR>Its a horrible, nasty piece of gear thats responsible for some weird and<BR>wonderful faults that will drive you bananas to faultfind and fix. I<BR>think pam at the moment is pretty bug free, so I'd reccomend letting<BR>sleeping Dogs (with a capital "D") lie. Hmmm, its beginning to sound<BR>like my last alligator style wrestling session with PAM didnt go so<BR>well ...<BR><BR>BillK<BR><BR>On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 16:16 +0800, Jim Householder wrote:<BR>> I'm now having a bit of trouble accessing root privileges. I can login <BR>> as root with no problems.<BR>> <BR>> su gets me:<BR>> $ su<BR>> <SAME
again password><BR>> su: permission denied<BR>> Sorry.<BR>> $<BR>> <BR>> man su sheds no light on this.<BR>> <BR>> TIA<BR>> Jim<BR>> <BR>-- <BR>William Kenworthy <BILLK@IINET.NET.AU><BR>Home!<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>PLUG discussion list: plug@plug.org.au<BR>http://www.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug<BR>Committee e-mail: committee@plug.linux.org.au<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com