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03-02-2005, 12:37 PM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Reading, UK
Distribution: SUSE 9.1, SUSE 9.2, SUSE 9.3, Knoppix 3.8, Gentoo 2005.0, cygwn, colinux
Posts: 100
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cant su to root!
Hi,
Just done a stage2 of gentoo 2004.3. Went great! The only problem is that I currently cannot login as root from a normal user. I get:
# su -
Password:
su: Permission denied
Sorry.
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I can login directly to root, by doing a <CTRL><ALT><F2> and going in as root. But if I am logged in as a normal user, I can't login as root.
Any ideas?
Jamie |
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03-02-2005, 12:40 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Distribution: Ubuntu @ Home, RHEL @ Work
Posts: 3,892
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Is your user in the wheel group? Like BSD, Gentoo only allows user switching if you are in the wheel group by default.
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03-02-2005, 12:42 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: SuSE 9.2 64bit
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try:
#login root
then type in your password.
this is from a console right?
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03-02-2005, 12:42 PM
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Member
Registered: Jun 2004
Location: Reading, UK
Distribution: SUSE 9.1, SUSE 9.2, SUSE 9.3, Knoppix 3.8, Gentoo 2005.0, cygwn, colinux
Posts: 100
Original Poster
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Thanks! Worked great!
And thanks for quick reply as well!
Jamie
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