Gentoo permission problems

LavaDevil94 · 09-18-2004, 02:23 PM

I'm setting up Gentoo, and so far it's great, but I have a few problems.
Before I start, I just wanna say that I have read the handbook and I haven't found my problems.
Gentoo is setup nicely, and I have Xorg setup and configured, but the permissions are way off on the system. There are two problems:
1. I can login as root, but only once, other times it tells me that the authentication failed (I did type in the password correctly). Also, if I'm in my regular user account and try to su to root, it tells me authentication failed (again, I made sure I was typing in the right password).
2. Xorg will only start for root, when I start it as regular user it tells me:
'X must be suid root'
Any ideas?

CroMagnon · 09-18-2004, 02:39 PM

For #1, does your /etc/securetty only have one console listed in it?

#2, the answer is that "X must be setuid root" - change that by making sure root is the owner of /usr/bin/X11/X and then 'chmod u+s /usr/bin/X11/X'.

LavaDevil94 · 09-18-2004, 06:04 PM

For #1: Yes, I only have tts/0 in it. Anything else I could put in there? When I say that I can only login as root once, I mean I login as root (from the startup at the prompt), do some stuff, then logout, and I can't get back in. I'll do what you said about #2. Thanks.

CroMagnon · 09-18-2004, 08:48 PM

Try adding vc/1 through vc/8 to securetty, and see if that helps.

LavaDevil94 · 09-18-2004, 10:57 PM

It's already there, vc/1 to vc/12. Any other suggestions? The login only on tts/0 is eliminated, but I can't login as root when I try to su from my regular user.

CroMagnon · 09-18-2004, 11:17 PM

I think the su is a separate issue - have a look at whether there's a file for su in /etc/pam.d, or check pam.conf if that directory doesn't exist.

LavaDevil94 · 09-18-2004, 11:44 PM

I took a look at the file, and it had a line that, if uncommented, allowed people in the wheel group to su without a password. I just uncommented that, added my account, and everything is fine. Thanks.

crashmeister · 09-19-2004, 04:49 AM

for su to work the user has to be in the 'wheel' group.
No idea about xorg - that didn't work for me at all.

CroMagnon · 09-21-2004, 08:19 PM

Quote:

for su to work the user has to be in the 'wheel' group.

Only if you have that option set in /etc/pam.d/su - my system doesn't even have a wheel group

Mikhail_16 · 09-23-2004, 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by CroMagnon
Only if you have that option set in /etc/pam.d/su - my system doesn't even have a wheel group

Wheel group is almost, but not quite, gentoo-specific.

CroMagnon · 09-23-2004, 07:06 PM

Nah, wheel is pretty far from gentoo specific. It's not even Linux specific!