On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 02:07, Shawn wrote: > As mentioned, I can't su. > > Here is /var/log/messages and the rpm log > > messages: > Jul 8 14:45:59 bb197-165 su(pam_unix)[5234]: session opened for user jr > by root(uid=0) > Jul 8 14:46:03 bb197-165 pam_timestamp_check: pam_timestamp: `/' owner > UID != 0 It looks like you changed the owner of your root partition. Run: ls -al / and look at the owner of the root directory. Also look at your /etc/passwd file and make sure the UID for root has not be changed and that you don't have more than one user with UID 0. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx "In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different." - Larry McVoy