su - root

romalong · Guru Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 488 Location: Kiev

i've added new user under root during install and then i used # su - <createdusername> to activate this new user. then, when i tried to run # su - root, it prompted me for a password (it's been created before) , but didn't let me in saying: permission denied. why?

bkunlimited · l33t Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 672

there are several threads on this topic... to make it short

you have to be in "wheel" group

romalong · Guru Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 488 Location: Kiev

Maedhros · Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:38 am Post subject:

Please see this FAQ: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=23378

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Duplicate Threads.
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