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user124
Tux's lil' helper
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 Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 11:51 am Post subject: permission denied on "su -" under kde |
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hi,
when running a terminal under kde im not able to "su -" - permision denied.
-- now i tried (as root at a console) a "su - userfoo" , no problem. but then again as userfoo "su -" to get root - no chance.
what am i doing wrong?
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mb
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Location: Hessen | .de
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| Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 11:53 am Post subject: |
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hi,
are you member of the group wheel ??
see FAQ:
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For security reasons, users may only su to root if they belong to the wheel group. To add a username to the wheel group, issue the following command as root:
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# usermod -G users,wheel username
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user124
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| Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 12:25 pm Post subject: |
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ahhh..
jepp, a "usermod -G wheel userfoo" solved the problem
thanks 
next time i'll rtfm |
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mb
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| Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 12:29 pm Post subject: |
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hehe.. reminds me of
[img:8ab873933d]http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/action/old/rtfm03.jpg[/img:8ab873933d] |
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Jeevz
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| Posted: Thu May 02, 2002 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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| mb wrote: | | hehe.. reminds me of |
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user124
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| Posted: Sat May 04, 2002 5:52 am Post subject: |
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hehe..
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