[gentoo-user] su problems

2003-07-02 Thread meka
I have 2 users in same group (gid 1001), but one can't login (using su) as another user. What to do? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

[gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-19 Thread John P. Marr
I am hoping you guys can give me a hand with a problem I am having. I have a 1ghz dell inspiron (8000) with gentoo linux on it. It is running kernel 2.4.20 with gnome 2.2 on it. My problem is that I am unable to su into root from my normal user. I have tried everything I can think of to fix th

RE: [gentoo-user] su problems

2003-07-02 Thread Essien Ita Essien
essage- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] su problems I have 2 users in same group (gid 1001), but one can't login (using su) as another user. What to do? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

RE: [gentoo-user] su problems

2003-07-02 Thread Essien Ita Essien
or usermod before using it.) Once again Cheers Essien -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] su problems I have 2 users in same group (gid 1001), but one can'

RE: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-19 Thread DESMET Bram (BDSR)
make your user part of the wheel group regards Bram -Original Message- From: John P. Marr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: woensdag 19 februari 2003 14:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [gentoo-user] Su problems I am hoping you guys can give me a hand with a problem

Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-19 Thread Henti Smith
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:16:55 -0500 "John P. Marr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am hoping you guys can give me a hand with a problem I am having. hope so. > I have a 1ghz dell inspiron (8000) with gentoo linux on it. It is running kernel >2.4.20 with gnome 2.2 on it. > My problem is that I am

Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-19 Thread Bruno Lustosa
* Henti Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [19-02-2003 10:25]: > > I have checked and verified correct ownership of /bin/su, and made sure the >permission is set correctly. I found this info here. > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=23378&highlight=authentication+error > > Root can su to normal us

Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-19 Thread Henti Smith
> I think valid shell is determined by checking if user's shell is listed > in /etc/shells. I still had problems logging on even with /bin/sh in /etc/shells *shrug* changing to /bin/bash solved it Henti -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-19 Thread Bruno Lustosa
* Henti Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [19-02-2003 11:59]: > > I think valid shell is determined by checking if user's shell is listed > > in /etc/shells. > > I still had problems logging on even with /bin/sh in /etc/shells > > *shrug* changing to /bin/bash solved it Do you get some kind of message

Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-19 Thread Sigurd Stordal
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 15:56, Bruno Lustosa wrote: > * Henti Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [19-02-2003 10:25]: > > > I have checked and verified correct ownership of /bin/su, and made sure > > > the permission is set correctly. I found this info here. > > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php

Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-19 Thread Andrew
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:25:34 +0100 "DESMET Bram (BDSR)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > make your user part of the wheel group > > regards > > Bram He's already done that. Read the whole email. Andrew -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-19 Thread Martin Schlemmer
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 08:16:55 -0500 "John P. Marr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am hoping you guys can give me a hand with a problem I am having. > > I have a 1ghz dell inspiron (8000) with gentoo linux on it. It is > running kernel 2.4.20 with gnome 2.2 on it. > > My problem is that I am unab

Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-21 Thread John P. Marr
bash-2.05b$ ls -l /etc/pam.d total 88 -rw-r--r--1 root root 227 Feb 19 07:56 chage -rw-r--r--1 root root 227 Feb 19 07:56 chfn -rw-r--r--1 root root 227 Feb 19 07:56 chsh -rw-r--r--1 root root 232 Feb 18 20:39 cups -rw-r--r--1

Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-21 Thread Steve Juranich
"John P. Marr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My problem is that I am unable to su into root from my normal user. I have tried everything I can think of to fix this, but it is still broken. I had this problem on my new machine, too. Make sure you're a member of the "wheel" group. Of course, if you'

Re: [gentoo-user] Su problems

2003-02-21 Thread sean.d
i was going to suggest that...but he said he did everything he could think of :) > > I had this problem on my new machine, too. Make sure you're a member of > the "wheel" group. Of course, if you've already done this, please > ignore. :-) > > -- > Stephen W. Juranich

[gentoo-user] "su" problems after running "emerge world -U"

2004-02-09 Thread Anthony Hoppe
I just ran "emerge world -U" a little while ago. Now I can't change to superuser in a console. What do I do?! *panics* signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [gentoo-user] "su" problems after running "emerge world -U"

2004-02-09 Thread Barry Marler
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 06:43:34 -0800 Anthony Hoppe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just ran "emerge world -U" a little while ago. Now I can't change > to superuser in a console. What do I do?! *panics* > Did you update baselayout? Did you run etc-update and allow /etc/group to be overwritten??

Re: [gentoo-user] "su" problems after running "emerge world -U"

2004-02-09 Thread lgatto
Maybe, after emerging, you run etc-update and replaced your old /etc/group with an update where you username is not in the wheel group? Hope this helps. Anthony Hoppe wrote: I just ran "emerge world -U" a little while ago. Now I can't change to superuser in a console. What do I do?! *panics* --

Re: [gentoo-user] "su" problems after running "emerge world -U"

2004-02-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Anthony Hoppe wrote: I just ran "emerge world -U" a little while ago. Now I can't change to superuser in a console. What do I do?! *panics* Hi Anthony, I had the same situation as yours. Please be careful and watch my thread 'HELP: Problem in rebooting after running 'emerge -u world' B.R.

Re: [gentoo-user] "su" problems after running "emerge world -U"

2004-02-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Barry, I just ran "emerge world -U" a little while ago. Now I can't change to superuser in a console. What do I do?! *panics* Did you update baselayout? Did you run etc-update and allow /etc/group to be overwritten?? Sounds like it, since you have to be a member of the 'wheel' group to use s

Re: [gentoo-user] "su" problems after running "emerge world -U"

2004-02-09 Thread Stephen Liu
Hi Laurent, lgatto wrote: Maybe, after emerging, you run etc-update and replaced your old /etc/group with an update where you username is not in the wheel group? I think Anthony's case is quite similar to mine. I ran 'emerge -u world'. Immediately after its completion I can't 'su -' on konsol