su: Permission Denied

[fanfan1313]

I get the following error when I try to login in as root.

fanfan@Desky ~ $ su
su: Permission denied
Sorry.

I've tried gpasswd -a <fanfan> wheel, but I get -su: fanfan: No such file or directory.

I can login as root, but I can't use su.

Any help MUCH appreciated.

-Brian

[Cabhan]

You're certain you're a member of the 'wheel' group? Run the 'groups' command to check.

I take it you didn't change the permissions of 'su'? What's the output of 'ls -l /bin/su'?

[fanfan1313]

Ok, I am not a member of the wheel group apparently. I ran gpasswd -a <fanfan> wheel to make myself part of wheel, but I get the error bash: fanfan: No such file or directory Am I doing this wrong?

Thanks a lot Cabhan, I now at least know what the problem is.

-Brian

[Cabhan]

I assume the username is 'fanfan'? Run this command as root:

gpasswd -a fanfan wheel

You then need to fully logout from the system. You can then login as fanfan, and you should be a member of the group.

[tylerwylie]

Looks just like a syntax error then hehe.

[Javasnob]

Also, don't forget that your groups won't change until you log out, then log back in.