Can't SU?! :S

phsythax · 11-10-2005, 01:33 PM

when i "su" i get the following output, and i know the right password.. how do i fix this?
i think its a config-thing that needs to me edited a little, but i dont know what file or where..

magnus@lnex ~ $ su
Password:
su: Permission denied
Sorry.

help would be preciated! =)

makuyl · 11-10-2005, 01:34 PM

Is the keymap the same as for root?
Does /bin/su have the suid bit set? -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 23368 Nov 1 14:10 /bin/su

mimithebrain · 11-10-2005, 01:51 PM

add your user to the wheel group

phsythax · 11-10-2005, 01:52 PM

same keymap yes.
i dont know about the /bin/su, when i try to enter it, it says permission denied.

makuyl · 11-10-2005, 02:03 PM

If FC uses wheel, do what mimithebrain said.

Back_to_Linux · 11-10-2005, 02:07 PM

try su - root, instide su alone.
beacuse it loads environnement from root

phsythax · 11-10-2005, 02:13 PM

im sorry your making me confused.
what should i do?
sorry for not mentioning it but i use Gentoo not FC

geeman2.0 · 11-10-2005, 02:16 PM

Gentoo uses the wheel group for su.
Add yourself to that group and you'll be all set.

reddazz · 11-10-2005, 02:18 PM

On most Linux and BSD systems you need to add yourself to the wheel group if you want to be able to switch to root. Someone has already mentioned this, so did you try it?

phsythax · 11-10-2005, 02:38 PM

"add to wheel group" that didnt make any sence to me untill i found something about it on google, i will now try the gpasswd function. thx for the help

phsythax · 11-10-2005, 02:46 PM

it worked successfuly, thx for your help everyone

mimithebrain · 11-10-2005, 04:57 PM

Hehe,

Happy it works, I'm a first time gentoo user too .