I can't su to root

robux · n00b Joined: 06 Nov 2002 Posts: 24

Hi, I tried to "su" to the root user, typed in the correct password, but I get a message "Permission denied".

What can I do?

Thank you!

kallamej · Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 8:57 am Post subject:

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epx · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2003 Posts: 68

In gentoo your user has to be part of the "wheel" group in order to su
you can add your user to the wheel group in /etc/groups