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 :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
