begin quote On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:35:33 -0700 Dan Egli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is there some trick to using Gentoo's su command? In the past on any > unix system I've used I could su to root with su -. Then when I enter > the root password I become root. But on my gentoo box every time I run > > su I get: > > su: Permission denied > Sorry. > > Huh? Permission denied? Whats up with this? Anyone experience it > beore? How can I fix it? sudo works fine but if I want to do several > things as root I don't want to sudo each of them. Yep. there's a trick. Usually this specific problem is solved by the FAQ. Explaning: you have to be a member of the privileged group "wheel" to do "su" on a Gentoo system. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/faq.xml#doc_chap3_sect7 //Spider -- begin .signature This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature! See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. end
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