[gentoo-user] 'su' stopped working : reminder needed

2013-01-29 Thread Philip Webb
A few weeks ago, there was a brief thread re a change in a pkg which stopped 'su' from working. It didn't affect my desktop system, so I didn't pay much attention, but it's just hit my netbook. Can anyone remind me what I need to do to restore it ? --

Re: [gentoo-user] 'su' stopped working : reminder needed

2013-01-29 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Wednesday 30 January 2013 07:46:48 AM IST, Philip Webb wrote: A few weeks ago, there was a brief thread re a change in a pkg which stopped 'su' from working. It didn't affect my desktop system, so I didn't pay much attention, but it's just hit my netbook. Can anyone remind me what I need

RE: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED]

2006-01-12 Thread Michael Kintzios
-Original Message- From: Walter Dnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 January 2006 03:20 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED] On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 02:34:24PM -, Michael Kintzios wrote This can be avoided if you

Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED]

2006-01-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Thursday 12 January 2006 03:57, Michael Kintzios [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'RE: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED]': -Original Message- From: Walter Dnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 02:34:24PM -, Michael Kintzios wrote This can

RE: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED]

2006-01-12 Thread Michael Kintzios
-Original Message- From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12 January 2006 15:38 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED] On Thursday 12 January 2006 03:57, Michael Kintzios [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about 'RE

Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED]

2006-01-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Tue, Jan 10, 2006 at 02:34:24PM -, Michael Kintzios wrote This can be avoided if you use the -a (for append) option. Huh??? [m3000][root][~] usermod -a -G audio user2 usermod: invalid option -- a Usage: usermod [-u uid [-o]] [-g group] [-G group,...] [-d home [-m]]

RE: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED]

2006-01-10 Thread Michael Kintzios
-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

Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED]

2006-01-10 Thread Beau E. Cox
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

[gentoo-user] su stopped working

2006-01-09 Thread Beau E. Cox
Hi - Very strange... 'su' ( and 'sudo' ) stopped working for my normal users. I get the su: Permission denied, Sorry. message. I have tried: 1) changed the root password; no joy 2) created a new user and tried 'su'; ditto 3) tried in X( kde ) and non-X; nope 4) rebooted; nada I can't seem to

Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working

2006-01-09 Thread John Jolet
what are the permissions on the su binary? On Jan 9, 2006, at 8:18 AM, Beau E. Cox wrote: Hi - Very strange... 'su' ( and 'sudo' ) stopped working for my normal users. I get the su: Permission denied, Sorry. message. I have tried: 1) changed the root password; no joy 2) created a new user

Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working

2006-01-09 Thread Michael Sullivan
On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 04:18 -1000, Beau E. Cox wrote: Hi - Very strange... 'su' ( and 'sudo' ) stopped working for my normal users. I get the su: Permission denied, Sorry. message. I have tried: 1) changed the root password; no joy 2) created a new user and tried 'su'; ditto 3) tried in

Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working

2006-01-09 Thread Arnau Bria Ramírez
El Mon, 9 Jan 2006 04:18:32 -1000 Beau E. Cox dijo: Hi - Very strange... 'su' ( and 'sudo' ) stopped working for my normal users. I get the su: Permission denied, Sorry. message. is your user still in the wheel group? Cheers! -- Arnau Bria -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working [SOLVED]

2006-01-09 Thread Beau E. Cox
On Monday 09 January 2006 04:27 am, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 04:18 -1000, Beau E. Cox wrote: Hi - Very strange... 'su' ( and 'sudo' ) stopped working for my normal users. I get the su: Permission denied, Sorry. message. I have tried: 1) changed the root