> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 14:37:35 +0930 > From: Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-sparc <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org> > Subject: strange su error > > Hi everyone, > > Has anyone else had a problem with su from unstable? When trying to su > to root, after entering the correct password, I get the following: "su: > cannot set groups: Operation not permitted" > > The call to initgroups is failing and after a little investigation, so > would setgid and setuid. All are failing with EPERM. > > shellutils: 1.16-6.4 > libc6: 2.1.1-9 > kernel: 2.2.10 > > Any ideas? Thanks, > Michael.
You need to do: chmod 4755 /bin/su And so does the package maintainer. :=) --Paul Vojta, [EMAIL PROTECTED]