Re: su and administrator password fails in gnome
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On 01/02/08 16:39, Rick Dooling wrote:
> Here's a weird one.
>
> On a new installation of Etch, I edited sudoers to give root
> priveleges to myself (user rick).
>
> Suddenly when gnome asks for my administrator password or when I try
> to do "su" it fails to accept my root password.
If you still use su, why do you need sudo? Completeness? (That's
why I have it...)
> If I log out to terminal, I can log in as root, but not as su.
>
> Any idea what happened?
>
> Sorry for the trouble.
>
> ps
>
> I double-check the sudoers file and it says:
>
> Defaults env_reset
>
> root ALL=(ALL) ALL
> rick ALL=(ALL) ALL
My (Sid) sudoers does not have "Defaults env_reset".
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian
because I hate vegetables!"
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