On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 05:42:13PM -0500, Brian Clark wrote: > Ben Collins said: > > >> % su > >> su: Authentication failure > >> Sorry > >> % > >> > >> When I _know_ I have given the right password. Caps Lock is off, I've > tried > >> typing it plain text so I know the input is correct, I've logged in as > root > >> and changed root's passwd and it still doesn't work when su-ing from a > >> normal user account. > >> > >> /bin/su is chown root.root and file permissions are correct. > > > >What are the file permissions? > > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 22992 Mar 14 08:28 /bin/su
There's the problem. Somehow you got the perms changed. They need to be: -rwsr-xr-x So, "chmod 4755 /bin/sh" and all should be well. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
