On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:14 PM, jpkaper <spaky...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > After installing Shadow from chapter 6.55, switching as root to a new user > with su gave the error:"Setgid: Operation not permitted". > I was able to work around this problem by replacing Shadows's su with > su(-tools) from the tools-directory, but I like to know where the problem > comes from. Has it to do with the "Package Users" system? Experience tells me that you need to make su setuid in order for it to work. To do this, run
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