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squeaksy
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Joined: 01 Aug 2003
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Location: Brissie ( Australia )
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 Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:18 am Post subject: Problems with su |
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hi when i am logged into a user and i try to su anyhting i get this message
bash-2.05b$ su -emerge gaim
Password:
su: Permission denied
Sorry.
i havent set a password so what is the default??? |
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jbc28
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Joined: 07 Jan 2003
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Location: Edinburgh
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:33 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
you need to be a member of the group 'wheel' to su to root.
Either edit '/etc/group' or use 'usermod' to modify group memberships.
I'm not really sure what you're trying to do with
The default password for root is random, not the word random but actually random. If you haven't set it you can use the gentoo install cd to fix things.
Hope this helps,
J |
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Brandy
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 11:04 am Post subject: |
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Moved from Desktop Environments to Duplicate Threads. Problems with su have been covered here and here and here and ...
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bsolar
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Joined: 12 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 11:33 am Post subject: Re: Problems with su |
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Sorry if I add something, but i think he's somewhat confused... 
| squeaksy wrote: | hi when i am logged into a user and i try to su anyhting i get this message
| Code: | | bash-2.05b$ su -emerge gaim |
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You don't 'su' something, when you 'su' you "switch user". It works this way:
then you authenticate and "become" the user you specified. 'su' without a login-name defaults to root and 'su -' acts as a login shell (resetting environment variables, something you usually want).
Maybe you are confusing with 'sudo', BTW 'man su' or consulting the mentioned threads might give you informations about the correct usage. 
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