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	javispedro	2010-12-24 , 03:22
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Originally Posted by DrWilken

I see... I'm not sure this is something I would want to do, but the error message says that the 'su' binary isn't suid which can be solved by doing (as root - i.e. run 'sudo gainroot' or just 'root'):
Code:
chmod u+s /bin/su

Note: please check if you're not setting the suid bit on the entire busybox binary. (su might be a symlink to busybox)

If you are, then you will in trouble soon.

Suggestion: forget about everything said on this thread and just use "root" or "sudo gainroot".

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