Re: [gentoo-user] "Back to root" forbidden ???

["Daniel da Veiga" <danieldaveiga@gmail.com>]

On 6/23/06, Meino Christian Cramer <Meino.Cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  I encountered a mysteriuos phenomenon:
>
>  I am able to:
>  Login as root on the console
>  Execute "sudo" as well under the console as from a terminal under X11
>  (using IceWM, mrxvt)
>  Executing "sudo" su (ok, that's kinda "recursive login", but...)
>
>  I AM NOT ABLE TO:
>  use su (standalone) as well under the console as from a terminal
>  under X11.
>
>  Confusion starts --->here<--- ....
>
>  Any help where to tweak the system is very appreciated !
>
>  :)
>

Is the user in the "wheel" group?

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