On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 06:30:03AM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > > This su problem happened to me, with the additional weirdness that if > I just hit return when su prompted for a password - ie. gave it NO > password - it would su me to root!
Nope, I don't have that. > > Some helpful person on the list whose name I have unfortunately > forgotten suggested that I check for corrupted /etc/passwd and > /etc/shadow, and that was it sorted. Sorted? What do you mean? But the files don't look corrupted. Though I do want to get rid of some of the entries since I don't need them anymore (they're from programs that I uninstalled long ago). Can I edit the file by hand, or will that screw it up? I don't think I can use linuxconf to get rid of them since they're not showing up in that program (especially the qmail entries-- there are 6 qmail entries, but linuxconf is only displaying 1, and yet I don't ever remember having qmail installed in the first place!). I was just wondering since some config files cannot be edited by hand or there will be Dire Consequences. TIA. -- Vikki Roemer Registered Linux user #2880021 http://counter.li.org/ "Quod scripsi, scripsi." [Latin, "What I have written, I have written."] Homepage: http://compgrokker.tripod.com/ -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT d-(?) s: a--- C++++(++) UL++++ P+>++++ L+++>++++ E>++ W++ N+ o? K- w--() O? M? V?(-) PS+(+++) PE++(+++) Y+ PGP++ t+@ 5 X-() R*(?) tv-- b+++(++) DI+ D--(?) G e-(*)>+++++ h! r-- x? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
