> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, 18 September, 2000 12:52
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Unable to su -
> > On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Kraszewski, Marcin wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Really strange situation: I can log on as root at the console (RH6.0,
kernel
> > 2.2.16-3), but if I log on as a regular user, and then try to run 'su
-',
> > after I enter the root password I get "su: incorrect password" error
> > message. I changed the root password a few times, checked the caps lock
:)
> > but it still does not work. I read man pages for passwd, shadow, and su,
but
> > could not see any clues. I also checked several configuration files, and
> > they haven't been changed in months, 'su -' worked on that machine
before. I
> > would really appreciate your hints on what to check next. TIA.
> >
> Make sure you have permission to execute the "su" command. I know on
> at least one machine here, only root can run the "su" command.
> John
I checked the permissions for 'su', and they are fine:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13208 Apr 13 1999 /bin/su
Any other suggestions? TIA.
Regards,
Marcin
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