NEWS FLASH!!
sudo <command name> root 
this works, i'm able to run programs as root but i still can't su?
just another piece to the puzzle
 
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Hyrum Wright
Sent: Fri 1/9/2004 1:12 PM
To: BYU Unix Users Group
Subject: Re: [uug] "su root" not working



On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 11:00, Mark Gardner wrote:
> I'm running SuSE 9.0 and I can't type "su" to gain root access.  I can
> still login as root even "ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]" but can't do "su root or
> su" from the console window. 
>
> Any bright Ideas?  Have I perhaps disabled it somehow?

With some distributions, I'm not sure about SuSE in particular, you need
to be a member of the `wheel' group to be able to su to root.  From a
simple google search, I believe SuSE behaves in the same way.

Hyrum


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