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TecnoVM64

Member

From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-06-02

Posts: 45

su: no such file or directory

That's what I got today when I logged in
"su" doesn't work at all only way to get root access is by doing "sudo -s"
I tried changing the password, checked /etc/group, /etc/passwd, /etc/gshadow and everything related to it and everything seems to be ok but "su" still  doesn't work, all I get is:

[vmrh@chilean ~]$ su
Password: **so I put my password here**
: No such file or directory

and no root access.

Any ideas?, I'm out of them, please help

dir

Member

From: dotph

Registered: 2007-10-10

Posts: 20

Re: su: no such file or directory

Try reinstalling coreutils (sudo pacman -S coreutils), see if it fixes your problem.

freakcode

Member

From: São Paulo - Brazil

Registered: 2007-11-03

Posts: 410

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Re: su: no such file or directory

If it's not a PATH problem:

[root@atena freakcode]# which su
/bin/su

Then do what dir said, reinstall coreutils.

djclue917

Member

Registered: 2006-12-03

Posts: 121

Re: su: no such file or directory

That's what I got today when I logged in
"su" doesn't work at all only way to get root access is by doing "sudo -s"
I tried changing the password, checked /etc/group, /etc/passwd, /etc/gshadow and everything related to it and everything seems to be ok but "su" still  doesn't work, all I get is:

[vmrh@chilean ~]$ su
Password: **so I put my password here**
: No such file or directory

and no root access.

Any ideas?, I'm out of them, please help

Does /root exist?