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Jarhead
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 Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:36 am Post subject: going to su -: permission denied |
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My system was working fine until I did emerge -u world yesterday. When I try to become root to build my new kernel (upgrade from 2.6.3 to 2.6.5), I am denied permission. Is this fixable, or is my system dead and in need of a re-install?
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adaptr
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 11:49 am Post subject: |
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Are you still a member of the wheel group ?
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NoControl
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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I had the same problem, and thanks adaptr for the why-didn't-I-think-of-this-myself hint.
How come yesterdays update removed me from the wheel group? |
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adaptr
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Because updating baselayout replaced /etc/groups ?
Just a thought...
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Jarhead
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:06 pm Post subject: how to fix? |
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Do I create a new user or just edit /etc/groups?
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skunkworx
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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Just edit /etc/group (not "groups"). Find the line that starts with "wheel", and add any user's name you want to allow switching to root. Add them at the end of the line, after the last colon.
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sapphirecat
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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The best way (thanks be to #gentoo  ):
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Or for mass re-adding:
| Code: | | for i in audio games wheel ; do gpasswd -a yourusername $i ; done |
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senectus
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| Posted: Sat May 08, 2004 7:43 am Post subject: |
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I too cannot su to root, I have checked and double checked and I AM in the "wheel" group.
Any ideas why this has just suddenly happened??
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