Re: "su -" permission denied

From: Martin Corley (Martin.Corley_at_ed.ac.uk)
Date: 09/12/05

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    Abanowicz Tomasz <abanowicztomek@wp.pl> writes:

    > Hello
    > I have a problem doing the "su -" from the user:
    > $ su -
    > Password:
    > su: Permission denied
    > Sorry.
    >
    > Doesn't matter I do it from text or X console.
    >
    > Do You have idea what's wrong with my config files ?

    On many distros, users who want to use su and friends have to be
    members of the group "wheel". 

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Martin Corley                                  Martin.Corley@ed.ac.uk
                                   http://homepages.ed.ac.uk/martinc/     
Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh
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