After emerging the latest sys-apps/shadow-4.0.15-r2, users are no longer able to su to root. # ls -la /bin/su -rwx--x--x 1 root root 48184 Nov 7 21:33 /bin/su instead of # ls -la /bin/su -rws--x--x 1 root root 48184 Nov 7 21:33 /bin/su To work around this: chmod u+s /bin/su Note that this fix only works if a root shell is still open, otherwise the user must use a live CD chroot into the system. emerge --info: # emerge --info Portage 2.1.1-r1 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1, gcc-4.1.1, glibc-2.4-r3, 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-51 Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.12.6 Last Sync: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 05:02:01 +0000 app-admin/eselect-compiler: [Not Present] dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.0.30 dev-lang/python: 2.4.3-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: [Not Present] dev-util/confcache: [Not Present] sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.17 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.60 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2 sys-devel/binutils: 2.16.1-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.13-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.22 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -O2" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/gconf /etc/java-config/vms/ /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/splash /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=k8 -pipe -O2" DISTDIR="/home/distfile" FEATURES="autoconfig candy distlocks fixpackages metadata-transfer newuse sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude='/distfiles' --exclude='/local' --exclude='/packages'" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/home/distfile" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aac acpi alsa bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts cdr cli cracklib crypt dlloader dri dvd dvdr elibc_glibc fat flac fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 hfs iconv imap input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipod ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg kernel_linux libg++ mad maildir mozilla mp3 ncurses nls nptl nptlonly ntfs offensive ogg opengl oss pcre perl png ppds pppd python readline reflection session spell spl ssl svg tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode userland_GNU video_cards_nvidia vorbis xorg xpm zlib" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
The ebuild is just fine. Run `MAKEOPTS=-j1 emerge shadow >& log` and post the log here.
