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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".

- --
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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