Re: cannot su

* On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 05:37:21 -0500, 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

You have to add yourself to the wheel group, using 

 "usermod -G users,wheel username"

for example.

This one is part of the FAQ on gentoo.org, which everyone should
read before posting to mailinglists or usenet, at least.

Regards,
Jens

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