[SOLVED] Re: [gentoo-user] Authentication Issues

2006-08-03 Thread Kris Kerwin
Problem fixed. /etc/fstab had the root file system mounted with the users option, which disabled the requisite setuid bit on the /bin/su executable, thereby preventing me from su'ing to root from a non-root user. This was despite the fact that the non-root user was in the wheel group. Thanks a

[gentoo-user] Authentication Issues

2006-08-02 Thread Kris Kerwin
Hi all, I just performed a new Gentoo install, and am having a couple of issues regarding authentication. I think that the problem is something to do with PAM/Shadow. (No ... it's not the blocking issue between pam-login and shadow). I run a single user system with just users for myself (usern