Re: cannot su

Gerald Waugh <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:04:22 -0400 (EDT)

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.gentoo.newbies
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On 22 Oct 2002, Matt Gerginski wrote:
>
> First, I'd like to say my gentoo system has been progressing nicely.  I
> only have a few small problems left.  The one of most concern is that I
> cannot su to the root user.  When I am logged in in a terminal, I cannot
> attain root priveledges with su, it just says
>
> su: Permission denied
> Sorry
>
> I know that the password is correct, because I log directly into a
> terminal as root.  I just can't do it via su.
>

  is the user a member of the wheel group?


Gerald