From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FtpT9-0005hZ-PI for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:29:24 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5NHRopk008771; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:27:50 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5NH7A4W010850 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:07:11 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD8E76492F for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:07:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24353-21 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:07:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5849F64835 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:07:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Ftp7N-0001AC-3p for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:06:53 +0200 Received: from adsl-68-78-139-254.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net ([68.78.139.254]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:06:53 +0200 Received: from reader by adsl-68-78-139-254.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:06:53 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: reader@newsguy.com Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: "Back to root" forbidden ??? Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:06:08 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87u06bdcov.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <20060623.183117.71095960.Meino.Cramer@gmx.de> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-68-78-139-254.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ELJ/nft0gltcnB98tPMUdBuUcKI= Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.66 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.022, BAYES_00=-2.599, NO_REAL_NAME=0.961] X-Spam-Score: -1.66 X-Spam-Level: X-Archives-Salt: 1acd93d0-b332-488e-ac6d-d17b8bae702e X-Archives-Hash: cba30cdd718f1d498ae3464b92b2ff07 Meino Christian Cramer writes: > 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 ! To help we would have to know what `as well' means. What actually happens, any error messages.. etc. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list