On Mon, 09 May 2005 10:20:23 -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> >So "emerge --oneshot shadow" should restore things to their defaults.
> Setting the setuid bit on /bin/su and /bin/login fixed my login
> problems. I'm tried this suggestion and it worked. However I don't
> quite understand exactly
On 5/9/2005 4:17 AM Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Sun, 08 May 2005 17:53:26 -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
OK, I've done some more reading and found that the reason I couldn't
use 'su' as myself was because /bin/su didn't have the setuid bit set.
So in all my fooling around, I have file ownership and mo
On Sun, 08 May 2005 17:53:26 -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> OK, I've done some more reading and found that the reason I couldn't
> use 'su' as myself was because /bin/su didn't have the setuid bit set.
> So in all my fooling around, I have file ownership and modes screwed up
> from the default.
* On Sun May-08-2005 at 03:27:41 PM -0700, Drew Tomlinson said:
> I've followed the directions in the handbook and installed from a
> Knoppix boot. I've made it all the way to section 10.d (reboot).
> However upon reboot, I'm presented with a login prompt. I log in as
> root and enter the pas
Hi,
> > sh-2.05b# su
> > su(pam_unix)[1911]: session opened for user by (uid=0)
> > bash-2.05b$ su
> > Password:
> > setgid: Operation not permitted
>
> Because of the setgid error I don't think it is a password problem.
> The normal output on wrong passwords are:
>
> # su
> Password:
> su: A
On 5/9/05, Drew Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To test the various new passwords, I used this string of commands after
> each attempt to set root's password:
>
> sh-2.05b# su
> su(pam_unix)[1911]: session opened for user by (uid=0)
> bash-2.05b$ su
> Password:
> setgid: Operation not p
On 5/8/2005 5:29 PM Drew Tomlinson wrote:
On 5/8/2005 4:42 PM Drew Tomlinson wrote:
On 5/8/2005 4:20 PM Mike Williams wrote:
On Monday 09 May 2005 00:09, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
I thought I did that with the '-G wheel' option I passed to
useradd. I
also think that if I'm not part of the wheel gr
If you're worried about the bad password message ignore it. Mine always
give that but if you notice it updates your password anyway.
Try su - and see what happens.
On Sun, 8 May 2005, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
On 5/8/2005 4:42 PM Drew Tomlinson wrote:
On 5/8/2005 4:20 PM Mike Williams wrote:
> On
On 5/8/2005 4:42 PM Drew Tomlinson wrote:
On 5/8/2005 4:20 PM Mike Williams wrote:
On Monday 09 May 2005 00:09, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
I thought I did that with the '-G wheel' option I passed to useradd. I
also think that if I'm not part of the wheel group, I wouldn't even
have
the opportunity
On 5/8/2005 4:20 PM Mike Williams wrote:
On Monday 09 May 2005 00:09, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
I thought I did that with the '-G wheel' option I passed to useradd. I
also think that if I'm not part of the wheel group, I wouldn't even have
the opportunity to enter a password after doing 'su'. How
Add yourself to the wheel group, and then you'll be able to su to root.
Greetz
Peter
On 5/9/05, Drew Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've followed the directions in the handbook and installed from aKnoppix boot. I've made it all the way to section 10.d (reboot).However upon reboot, I'm prese
I've followed the directions in the handbook and installed from a
Knoppix boot. I've made it all the way to section 10.d (reboot).
However upon reboot, I'm presented with a login prompt. I log in as
root and enter the password I set in section 8.c but it tells me 'login
incorrect'. I boot K
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