--- bmike101@cox.net wrote: > I have a slight problem. I can't load my user. > The root GUI will load. So I open a terminal emulator (te) and type > su > With the return reply : > Password: > funny, I thought root te was automatically superuser. I enter it in any > case with the response: > su: Authentication failure > bash: /home/.bashrc: Permission denied Are you saying from a root command prompt, you type su and it doesn't work? If that's the case, I don't remember seeing a setup that would ask for a password, but it could be a PAM thing or something. > So I think, ';Check the settins of this file: > root@2[bmike1]# ls -la |more > total 636 > [truncate] > -rwxrwxrwx 1 bmike1 bmike1 123 2006-10-23 21:43 .bashrc Maybe permissions on the directory? Or some security thing doesn't like the fact that the .bashrc is writable by everyone? Again, I haven't seen that but I would check it. I know some things are set to not run if config files have loose permissions (ssh is one of those). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss