su to root denied?

2006-12-06 Thread john Mish III
I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root or to root, and I don't know why. $ su su: not running setuid Is there a config file that should be set..or what. This is preventing me from starting up some applications, even as root! ext57#

Re: su to root denied?

2006-12-06 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:52:50PM -0600, john Mish III wrote: I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root or to root, and I don't know why. $ su su: not running setuid Somehow your su application lost its setuid bit. Instead of blinding chmodding it you may want

Re: su to root denied?

2006-12-06 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On December 6, 2006 9:42:41 PM -0500 Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:52:50PM -0600, john Mish III wrote: I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root or to root, and I don't know why. $ su su: not running setuid Somehow your su

Re: su to root denied?

2006-12-06 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:08:18PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: --On December 6, 2006 9:42:41 PM -0500 Kris Kennaway [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:52:50PM -0600, john Mish III wrote: I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root or to root,