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#1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 05:50 PM

Hello all,

I'm running a Linux Trustix 2.0.
When I try to switch from my user to the root user (su root),
I recive the following error: incorrect password.
In etc/group, I added my user to the root group but with no success.
If I try to open another console and login as root, I can do so
with no problem.

What am I missing?

Thanks in advance,
Ronen Gottlieb.

#2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 05:50 PM

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:19:09 +0200, ronengnews wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm running a Linux Trustix 2.0.
> When I try to switch from my user to the root user (su root),
> I recive the following error: incorrect password.
> In etc/group, I added my user to the root group but with no success.
> If I try to open another console and login as root, I can do so
> with no problem.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ronen Gottlieb.

Try rebooting and during the startup, watch for the LILO prompt, when you
see it, hit the TAB key. At that point login with the string it gives you
(something like <linux-2cpu> and also type 'single' then enter. It will
be something like LOGIN: linux-2cpu single <ENTER> Then wait for the
prompt and enter 'passwd'. This should let you change the root password.

#3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 05:50 PM

ronengnews@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello all,

> I'm running a Linux Trustix 2.0.
> When I try to switch from my user to the root user (su root),
> I recive the following error: incorrect password.
> In etc/group, I added my user to the root group but with no success.
> If I try to open another console and login as root, I can do so
> with no problem.

> What am I missing?

Don't know "Trustix", but it sounds as if pam_wheel would be
probably configured, thus you need to be member of the wheel
group to be able to 'su -'.

Good luck

--
Michael Heiming

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inconvenience, but I get tons of SPAM

#4 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 05:51 PM

ronengnews@hotmail.com wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm running a Linux Trustix 2.0.
> When I try to switch from my user to the root user (su root),
> I recive the following error: incorrect password.
> In etc/group, I added my user to the root group but with no
> success. If I try to open another console and login as root, I
> can do so with no problem.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ronen Gottlieb.

Probably you need to be member of 'wheel' to be able to su.

Ransom
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