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>> If that doesn't work, then I would re-emerge shadow (which provides
>> su) and pam.
>>  
>>
> I missed this bit the first time round, but I just tried re-emerging
> shadow & pam & I'm still having the same problem. There's nothing dumb
> that I might have missed is there?
Login as root and check /etc/group. Make sure the user who should su is in
group wheel.
During your last update every user lost his secondary groups (stored in
/etc/group), and su only works if you're in group wheel.

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