On Tuesday 10 January 2006 04:34 am, Michael Kintzios wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Beau E. Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 09 January 2006 15:13 > > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > > Cc: Michael Sullivan > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED] > > > > > > > > Yep!!! Not in the wheel group; put them back and all is well. > > > > Now I wonder when I messed that up... :) :) > > You didn't by any chance use the usermod command? If you omit any of > the existing groups that the user is a member of (e.g. wheel) when using > the -G option, then the user will be removed from that group. This can > be avoided if you use the -a (for append) option. Easy mistake to do > especially if you are working on the console and do not copy and paste > the long list of groups that the user is currently a member of.
Yep, I did use usermod -G ... Thanks for the -a tip. > -- > Regards, > Mick -- Aloha => Beau; -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
