On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 14:59, Mark Gardner wrote: > 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
sudo is better than straight su anyway. Try this sudo trick: sudo su - This is the same as doing "su -" but it uses sudo and your own password rather than the root password. Michael > > ________________________________ > > 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 > > > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ____________________ > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -- Michael L Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
