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
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
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.
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*
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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??
ehh.. i just tought i should add this.
please check the man files for usermod before doing issuing the usermod
command, if i remember well, either -G or -g removes the user from all other
groups belongs to that are not listed on the current command, so
for instance if userme is currently in gro
Gentoo only allows users of the 'wheel' group to 'su', so you'll want to add
the user whom you want to 'su' to the 'wheel' group like so:
#usermod -G wheel
ofcourse you'll have to run the command as root.
Cheers
Essien
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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. :-)
>
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> Stephen W. 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'
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
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
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
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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
* 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
> 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
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* 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
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
make your user part of the wheel group
regards
Bram
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Subject: [gentoo-user] Su problems
I am hoping you guys can give me a hand with a problem
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