Super-User problem

NTAdmin · n00b Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 13

Hi,
My problem is that the su command doesn't work properly. I'm the system root, but for common sense I use a plain user account for daily use, but when I type su and enter the root password it says that the pass is incorrect (although I am sure that I entered it correctly about a dozen times).
There must be some permissions error, but I just don't know exactly.

Thanks

BWoso · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:27 am Post subject:

Are you serious, you can't su to root even though you typed the correct password, that's amazing. I have never heard of that before. Oh wait, yeah I have, like four thousand times...
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=11126
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spudicus · Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2004 8:27 am Post subject:

Is the user who runs su in the wheel group?
Does su have the SUID bit set? i.e.

NTAdmin · n00b Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 13

Well, the permissions set are pretty much the same, expept in my case root can write to that file
bash-2.05b$ ls -l /bin/su
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 21124 Aug 21 13:53 /bin/su
bash-2.05b$
but how do I add the user to wheel group?

NTAdmin · n00b Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 13

ah, no matter, sorry, I didn't read the FAQ before posting - my mistake