Re: [Siglinux] su command problem

2005-02-05 Thread Analabha Roy
On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 10:58, Chris Speir wrote: > -rws--x--x are set, do I need the sudo package installed, I don't think > it currently is. > Do that and see if su works. > Thanks, > Chris > > Analabha Roy wrote: > > Check to see that the "suid bit" of the "su" binary itself is not out of >

Re: [Siglinux] su command problem

2005-02-05 Thread Chris Speir
After trying 'groups', it says i'm in the groups "wheel audio users". I have logged in and rebooted many times since it broke. It is very weird because it used to work fine. Chris Daniel Brown wrote: On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 10:13:37AM -0600, Chris Speir wrote: I am running gentoo linux. After

Re: [Siglinux] su command problem

2005-02-05 Thread Analabha Roy
Check to see that the "suid bit" of the "su" binary itself is not out of whack. It should be thus: -rwsr-xr-x I think you need sudo permissions for the "su" command binary file itself to substitute root while logged in as another nonroot user. On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 16:18, Daniel Brown wr

Re: [Siglinux] su command problem

2005-02-05 Thread Analabha Roy
Check to see that the "suid bit" of the "su" binary itself is not out of whack. It should be thus: -rwsr-xr-x I think you need sudo permissions for the "su" command binary file itself to substitute root while logged in as another nonroot user. On Sat, 2005-02-05 at 16:18, Daniel Brown wr

Re: [Siglinux] su command problem

2005-02-05 Thread Daniel Brown
On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 10:13:37AM -0600, Chris Speir wrote: > I am running gentoo linux. After doing emerge -uD world, i can not su > into the root account anymore. My user account is in the wheel group but > it still doesn't work. su gives me the message "You are not authorized > to su root".

[Siglinux] su command problem

2005-02-05 Thread Chris Speir
I am running gentoo linux. After doing emerge -uD world, i can not su into the root account anymore. My user account is in the wheel group but it still doesn't work. su gives me the message "You are not authorized to su root". I used to have the pam use flag set but I removed it and stopped us