Did you add the user to the sudoers file?Originally Posted by HaVaNa7
su root doesn't work
First of all, marry Christmas!
I have created a new user and added it to users and wheel group.
but when i log in with the new user and i try to log in in console as root it ask password, i type my root password and it says sorry.
I'm sure that the password is correct and it hasn't any special caracter or symbol that can cause problems.
Is it a bug? How can i solve it?
Thx in advance
Did you add the user to the sudoers file?
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
i think that this is the right way, isn't it?
Code:# sudoers file. # # This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. # # See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file. # # Host alias specification # User alias specification # Cmnd alias specification # Defaults specification # Runas alias specification # User privilege specification root ALL=(ALL) SETENV: ALL marco ALL=(ALL) SETENV: ALL # Uncomment to allow people in group wheel to run all commands # and set environment variables. # %wheel ALL=(ALL) SETENV: ALL # Same thing without a password %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: SETENV: ALL # Samples # %users ALL=/sbin/mount /cdrom,/sbin/umount /cdrom # %users localhost=/sbin/shutdown -h now
Yea, that looks right.
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
ok, thnx.
So wich could be the problem?
Beats me. BackTrack was never intended to be a stand alone every day use distro, so I'm not sure what was done to the underlying os, if anything.
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
Try this for su
I also had a problem with su for a new user. However this worked out for me . chmod u+s /bin/su
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