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| 5 | <guide link="/doc/en/faq.xml"> |
5 | <guide link="/doc/en/faq.xml"> |
| 6 | <title>Gentoo Linux Frequently Asked Questions</title> |
6 | <title>Gentoo Linux Frequently Asked Questions</title> |
| 7 | <author title="Chief Architect"> |
7 | <author title="Chief Architect"> |
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| 359 | <title>Why can't a user su to root?</title> |
359 | <title>Why can't a user su to root?</title> |
| 360 | <body> |
360 | <body> |
| 361 | |
361 | |
| 362 | <p> |
362 | <p> |
| 363 | For security reasons, users may only <c>su</c> to root if they belong to the |
363 | For security reasons, users may only <c>su</c> to root if they belong to the |
| 364 | <e>wheel</e> group. To add a <i>username</i> to the <e>wheel</e> group, issue |
364 | <e>wheel</e> group. To add a <e>username</e> to the <e>wheel</e> group, issue |
| 365 | the following command as root: |
365 | the following command as root: |
| 366 | </p> |
366 | </p> |
| 367 | |
367 | |
| 368 | <pre caption="Adding a user to the wheel group"> |
368 | <pre caption="Adding a user to the wheel group"> |
| 369 | # <i>gpasswd -a username wheel</i> |
369 | # <i>gpasswd -a username wheel</i> |
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| 499 | </p> |
499 | </p> |
| 500 | |
500 | |
| 501 | </body> |
501 | </body> |
| 502 | </section> |
502 | </section> |
| 503 | <section> |
503 | <section> |
| 504 | <title>I want to perform the <c>./configure</c> step myself. Can I?</title> |
504 | <title>I want to perform the ./configure step myself. Can I?</title> |
| 505 | <body> |
505 | <body> |
| 506 | |
506 | |
| 507 | <p> |
507 | <p> |
| 508 | Yes, but it is not trivial, and the next method only works when it is a simple |
508 | Yes, but it is not trivial, and the next method only works when it is a simple |
| 509 | ebuild (i.e. just <c>./configure</c> and <c>make && make install</c>). |
509 | ebuild (i.e. just <c>./configure</c> and <c>make && make install</c>). |
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| 608 | |
608 | |
| 609 | </body> |
609 | </body> |
| 610 | </section> |
610 | </section> |
| 611 | <section> |
611 | <section> |
| 612 | <title> |
612 | <title> |
| 613 | What's in <path>/var/tmp/portage</path>? Is it safe to delete the files and |
613 | What's in /var/tmp/portage? Is it safe to delete the files and |
| 614 | directories in <path>/var/tmp/portage</path>? |
614 | directories in /var/tmp/portage? |
| 615 | </title> |
615 | </title> |
| 616 | <body> |
616 | <body> |
| 617 | |
617 | |
| 618 | <p> |
618 | <p> |
| 619 | During compilation, Gentoo saves the sources of the package in |
619 | During compilation, Gentoo saves the sources of the package in |
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