Gentoo won't let me SU

mrde50 · n00b Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 9

After doing an etc-update, I can't SU to root.

It's not that my password has changed, Gentoo says I don't have the rights to SU.

What happened?

steel300 · Veteran Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 1155

chances are that you updated the /etc/group file without realizing it. Just use usermod to add your user to the wheel group and you'll be able to su again.
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Gruffi · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:20 am Post subject:

what happened is that you didn't use the search function... This question has been asked hundreds of times...

You've overwritten /etc/group and your user isn't in the "wheel" group anymore.

modify /etc/group and add your username to "wheel".
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mrde50 · n00b Joined: 29 Jan 2004 Posts: 9

Your fast answered fixed the problem. Thanks to both of you!

steel300 · Veteran Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 1155

Glad to help. Just remember to be careful with etc-update in the future.
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plate · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:59 am Post subject:

Reading the FAQ section helps, too.