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pk wrote: |
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> On 2012-03-17 11:19, Dale wrote: |
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>> The program 'su' could not be found. |
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>> Ensure your PATH is set correctly. |
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> What does 'echo $PATH' give you? /bin should be in your path (that's |
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> where 'su' is located, or should be)... My $PATH looks like this: |
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> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.3:/usr/games/bin |
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I went to a console, the only place I can log in, and I got nothing for |
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my paths. It is empty. |
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> I don't know if this is the case but maybe, you're using some of the |
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> new-fangled screw up'ed tools like, dracut, systemd etc. that wants to |
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> move everything into /usr (on the same partition as /) and as such |
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> changes your $PATH accordingly (without checking perhaps - which would |
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> be consistent with the arrogance of the coders). |
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>> -rws--x--x 1 root root 36680 Mar 16 23:36 su |
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>> -rws--x--x 1 root root 52416 Mar 16 23:19 umount |
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>> -rws--x--x 1 root root 42592 Mar 16 23:36 passwd |
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> The 's' part is for the SetUID bit which gives the root-owned command in |
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> question root privileges, in order to switch user... See: |
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> http://blog.superuser.com/2011/04/22/linux-permissions-demystified/ |
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I am using the dracut thingy to boot with. I hope that thingy has not |
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screwed up my system. :-@ |
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> (esp. the "Getting sticky!" chapter). |
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> That's not all though...: |
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>> it, then what? I am in the wheel group. I'm also in the tty group. |
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> Check your /etc/pam.d/su file... it should contain (at least) this line: |
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> auth required pam_wheel.so use_uid |
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> That's what gives you permission to use 'su' as a member of the 'wheel' |
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> group ('su' is controlled by 'pam'). |
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> Best regards |
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> Peter K |
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I do have that line in there. There are a few others too so I guess it |
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is normal. |
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I'm going to check out that linky. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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-- |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or |
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how you interpreted my words! |
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Miss the compile output? Hint: |
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EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n" |
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