Re: strange su error
Paul Vojta wrote:
>
> > Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 14:37:35 +0930
> > From: Mike <mike@vee.net>
> > To: debian-sparc <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org>
> > Subject: strange su error
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Has anyone else had a problem with su from unstable? When trying to su
> > to root, after entering the correct password, I get the following: "su:
> > cannot set groups: Operation not permitted"
> >
> > The call to initgroups is failing and after a little investigation, so
> > would setgid and setuid. All are failing with EPERM.
> >
> > shellutils: 1.16-6.4
> > libc6: 2.1.1-9
> > kernel: 2.2.10
> >
> > Any ideas? Thanks,
> > Michael.
>
> You need to do:
>
> chmod 4755 /bin/su
>
> And so does the package maintainer. :=)
That fixed it.. thanks!
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