On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 01:33:14 -0500 David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Trimmed somewhat ....
Take a look at /etc/security/limits.conf As I recall there is a parameter in there with has something to do with the problem you describe. Mind you this is from the land which holds the Americas Cup - STILL!!! Cheers John > With that said, on to current problems........ > > I recently, against my better judgement and on advice given from someone > on this list, performed an OS upgrade to fix a boot problem caused by > altering my partition table. The problem is now fixed. I can boot > without the boot disk now. BUT, this caused more problems: > > 1- I cannot "su". error reads: "su: cannot set groups: Operation not > permitted" > > 2- I cannot mount or umount as user. ( I could before ) > > 3- I cannot run a program as root. error reads: GET THIS "Incorrect > password! Please try again." > > 4- I cannot log in as root on CLI, only in GUI - this makes ABSOLUTLY NO > sense to me whatsoever > > > I have no idea how to fix any of these. Any help would be most appreciated. > > David > Bainbridge, GA
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