su has ceased to work

akela · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 33

For some reason, after a large Portage update (emerge -u world), and updating my config files with etc-update, su stopped working. I can't use the kde su program, and I can't su to root in a console. It's really weird, because I know I'm typing the right password, I've tried it many times, and I can login as root normally! Any help?

polle · Veteran Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 1498 Location: Belgium

and your user still belongs to the group "wheel"?

Drooling Iguana · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2004 4:04 pm Post subject:

That happened once to me. It looks like your etc-update erased your /etc/group file. Just re-add your normal user to the proper groups and you should be alright.

akela · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 33

tomk · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:52 am Post subject:

Moved from Other Things Gentoo, please see this topic:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=11126
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