On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 11:37:13 -0600 Rick Sivernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I am having a problem with su - root or to any user being access denied. I > have > both root and user, me in wheel. I have recently update gentoo. I did lose my > passwd and login for user and passwd for root. Able to login to root with no > passwd required. Rebuilt /home/<user> with superadduser. Am I missing > something here? > The only way that I am aware of that you could lose ability to login is via the update config files (etc-update) process. Some updates will offer to update password and shadow. You should never do this; always purge these update offerings (fstab is another that is a no no). <rant> I've never considered it a good idea to offer updates for these files, but thus far gentoo has never come up with a replacement philosophy. </rant> A good procedure to follow is to backup /etc before doing etc-update. That being said, are there any meaningful messages in /var/log/messages? If you can login as root with no password, you should be able to issue 'passwd' to set a new root password. Maybe this will fix the problem? Another possibility is that there is a problem with some of the files in /etc/pam.d/ - were any of these replaced recently? check /etc/password and /etc/group to verify that the root user is really in group wheel. HTH. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area if you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
