Re: [gentoo-user] KDE and permissions problems

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

pk wrote:
> On 2012-03-17 11:19, Dale wrote:
> 
>> The program 'su' could not be found.
>> Ensure your PATH is set correctly.
> 
> What does 'echo $PATH' give you? /bin should be in your path (that's
> where 'su' is located, or should be)... My $PATH looks like this:
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.3:/usr/games/bin


I went to a console, the only place I can log in, and I got nothing for
my paths.  It is empty.


> 
> I don't know if this is the case but maybe, you're using some of the
> new-fangled screw up'ed tools like, dracut, systemd etc. that wants to
> move everything into /usr (on the same partition as /) and as such
> changes your $PATH accordingly (without checking perhaps - which would
> be consistent with the arrogance of the coders).
> 
>> -rws--x--x  1 root root   36680 Mar 16 23:36 su
>> -rws--x--x  1 root root   52416 Mar 16 23:19 umount
>> -rws--x--x  1 root root   42592 Mar 16 23:36 passwd
> 
> The 's' part is for the SetUID bit which gives the root-owned command in
> question root privileges, in order to switch user... See:
> http://blog.superuser.com/2011/04/22/linux-permissions-demystified/

I am using the dracut thingy to boot with.  I hope that thingy has not
screwed up my system.  :-@


> 
> (esp. the "Getting sticky!" chapter).
> 
> That's not all though...:
> 
>> it, then what?  I am in the wheel group.  I'm also in the tty group.
> 
> Check your /etc/pam.d/su file... it should contain (at least) this line:
> auth       required     pam_wheel.so use_uid
> 
> That's what gives you permission to use 'su' as a member of the 'wheel'
> group ('su' is controlled by 'pam').
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Peter K
> 
> 

I do have that line in there.  There are a few others too so I guess it
is normal.

I'm going to check out that linky.

Dale

:-)  :-)


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