Am 08/03/13 15:45, schrieb Parmenides: > I am so sorry for previous two messages that gum up the works. :-) This > is the whole messag: > > I am using LFS 6.3 without PAM installed. I have create a normal user > 'weedly', and log in with 'weedly'. I want to change to 'root'. Then, I > used > su root > and get the following message: > > weedly [ ~ ]$ su root > Password: > Sorry. > > It seems that the su command does not take effect. I googled this > problem and realized that only users in 'wheel' group has the priviledge > to execute su. But LFS 6.3 does not has 'wheel' group. In addition, even > if the 'wheel' group exists, it seems that I also should modify some > configuration file concerning PAM. However, PAM does not installed in > LFS 6.3. So, with my purpose to excute su to change user, how can I do > to resolve the problem?
In a dark spot of my mind I remember a similar problem I had once with su. Some Questions: 1. after doing su root ENTER and the Password: prompt appears, su just prints out Sorry without any entry from your side. Is that the case? 2. do you have an /etc/suauth file? If yes, post the not commented lines 3. post the output of either ip link show or ifconfig If I remember correctly, in my case the loopback device was down and su at this time seemed to use it. thorsten -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
