Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Brian Parish <brian@×××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Access problem
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 12:14:21
Message-Id: 200508292206.58578.brian@univexsystems.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Access problem by Rajat Gujral
1 On Monday 29 August 2005 12:02, Rajat Gujral wrote:
2 > Hi there
3 >
4 > Thanx to all of u for helping me out to install gentoo ... Without ur
5 > suggestions it wouldnt have been possible ..
6 >
7 > Now that i have completed installation and created users .. I am not
8 > able to log into the superuser mode through my login , it keeps
9 > showing
10 >
11 > su -
12 > Password:
13 > su: Permission denied
14 > Sorry.
15 >
16 >
17 > Even when i try to access the root previliges through the user , it
18 > does not accept my password but the password i am entering is correct
19 > .. What can be possibly wrong with it ...
20 >
21 > Thnx & Rgds
22
23 You need to be a member of the wheel group.
24
25 gpasswd -a username wheel
26
27 as root
28
29 HTH
30 Brian
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