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[linrad] Re: 'setgid' problem with linradknoppix-2005-05-05



Hi, Zaba,
I can use the root shell and sudo without a password when running from the CD.
But when running from a HD install, I have a similar problem. Although I can change the password with sudo passwd root, the change doesn't 'take' and I can never get the root terminal window to work from the HD install. Similarly, when I try to use su or sudo alone it is the same. But 'sudo su' works. Why??? I don't know.
Zaba, do you have the problem when running from the CD, or just from HD? I don't have the problem with CD, just when booting from HD.
I have a related problem for which I am asking for help from the real Linux gurus [including you ;) ].
My new system for experimenting with this uses SATA drives. Knoppix has no problem with them. I put 4 10-GB Knoppix installations on one of the drives [one each for ALSA and OSS experimental and final] with no problem. But my Debian Network installer disk that we decided was the way to go for Debian a couple of months ago [discussed on the list] doesn't see the SATA drives at all. I thought I would get around this by installing Knoppix using a 'Debian-type' install on the hard drive, done via 'sudo knoppix-installer'. But even a Debian style install is too far from the standard Debian for my liking.
Does anyone know how I can get 'real' Debian installed on my 'Debian' partition when all I have are SATA drives?
I will continue looking into the 'root' and 'passwd' issue. I spent several hours on it last night before discovering/remembering the 'sudo su' workaround. 

Thanks, and 73,

Roger
W3SZ



On Fri, 27 May 2005 05:32:32 -0400, 'Zaba' OH1ZAA <zaba@xxxxxx> wrote:



Hello all,

Finally I got Roger's latest ISO burned successfully; it seems
that the previous failure was due to the DVD/DL burner or Nero-
software as it has failed before (it may even be a bug on the
Abit IC-7 system). Well, the Acer laptop delivered a good CDR.

SETGID-problem: Like before I installed the contents of the
Live-CD onto the HD, and everything went well, except when
trying to access root privileges. I could log in as a normal
user using the password, but when trying to become super-user
the password failed. I do know that the password is right, as
I get "Admission not permitted" (or similar) with a wrong one.

With the correct password I get a setgid-failure: something
like "Authorization.... (my memory is failing already...).

Maybe it is of importance that I am using the same password
for user and administrator, but this did not seem to matter
in former Knoppix releases. Experimenting gets a bit heavy,
if one needs to reinstall the whole CDR in order to find out.

                    73, "Zaba"  OH1ZAA/2







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