user cannot su -l

projkt4 · Apprentice Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 238

ok, was able to su -l from my user untill about an hour ago when i emerged a network driver and was told that i had 7 files that needed updating and it gave me an option of editing them. so i let it do its thing. (biggest mistake ever!) and now my system is just fucked. i have no idea what files it modified but im slowly getting things back up and running. first thing i had to fix was my fsck file and im still working on my fluxbox issues, but what i come to you all for is some help understanding why my user can no longer su -l and how can i change that back?

codergeek42 · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:31 am Post subject:

You probably accidentally kicked yourself out of the wheel group. Try running

projkt4 · Apprentice Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 238

i tried running that line of code and i got this

codergeek42 · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:56 am Post subject:

Dang. I got confused about the parameter ordering, sorry. :oops:

Should have been

projkt4 · Apprentice Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 238

i ran the corrcted line and now i can su again! thank you.

does this mean my user may be removed form other gorups as well?
how can i check waht groups i belong to?

codergeek42 · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 5:22 am Post subject:

Possibly, yes. Run `groups <user>` in a terminal to see what groups a user is in.
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projkt4 · Apprentice Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 238

ok, cool. thanks for the tip.
turns out my user has lost association with all groups. (crap)