su not working

kurcz · n00b Joined: 12 Sep 2006 Posts: 7

hey i cannot seem to set su to work to switch to root.
I have tried su, su -, and su - root, and it asks for the password, but it says its invaild, but I know its right because i will logout
of my other account and login to root with the same password.
Any suggestions?
Thanks

mgisbers · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:59 pm Post subject:

Maybe you are not in group 'wheel' ?

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mikegpitt · Advocate Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 3224

As mgisbers said the problem is probably you aren't in the wheel group, which is probably the anwser of 90% of the problems with su. If that didn't solve it you can take a look at this forum sticky:

Problems with su? Read this.
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-11126.html