200312 Philip Webb wrote: > My practice for many years has been to have a root terminal running, > which I start via 'konsole' + 'su'. After a system update + reboot, > I am confronted with : > > Warning: Could not find 'su', starting '/bin/bash' instead. > Please check your profile settings. > > 499: ~> su > bash: su: command not found > > I always start from a raw terminal & use 'startx', > so hopefully I can still login as root & do system things that way.
'eix shadow' provided the solution : there's a new USE flag 'su'. when that is enabled, 'shadow' is remerged & the system rebooted -- the last is essential -- , all returns to normal. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatcadotinterdotnet

