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From: John Jolet <john@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] su stopped working
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:30:06
Message-Id: 3DF24578-C960-45DA-8C78-EE2F9201E09A@jolet.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] su stopped working by "Beau E. Cox"
1 what are the permissions on the su binary?
2
3 On Jan 9, 2006, at 8:18 AM, Beau E. Cox wrote:
4
5 > Hi -
6 >
7 > Very strange... 'su' ( and 'sudo' ) stopped working for my
8 > normal users. I get the "su: Permission denied, Sorry." message.
9 >
10 > I have tried:
11 > 1) changed the root password; no joy
12 > 2) created a new user and tried 'su'; ditto
13 > 3) tried in X( kde ) and non-X; nope
14 > 4) rebooted; nada
15 >
16 > I can't seem to find any change from the last time
17 > I used su ( Friday ) and now that would account for this
18 > problem.
19 >
20 > Can anyone think of what I should try next?
21 >
22 > --
23 > Aloha => Beau;
24 >
25 >
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