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From: reader@×××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: "Back to root" forbidden ???
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:29:24
Message-Id: 87u06bdcov.fsf@newsguy.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] "Back to root" forbidden ??? by Meino Christian Cramer
1 Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@×××.de> writes:
2
3 > Hi,
4 >
5 > I encountered a mysteriuos phenomenon:
6 >
7 > I am able to:
8 > Login as root on the console
9 > Execute "sudo" as well under the console as from a terminal under X11
10 > (using IceWM, mrxvt)
11 > Executing "sudo" su (ok, that's kinda "recursive login", but...)
12 >
13 > I AM NOT ABLE TO:
14 > use su (standalone) as well under the console as from a terminal
15 > under X11.
16 >
17 > Confusion starts --->here<--- ....
18 >
19 > Any help where to tweak the system is very appreciated !
20
21 To help we would have to know what `as well' means. What actually
22 happens, any error messages.. etc.
23
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