su problems.

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3 total messages Started by GALBRAITH JOHN Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:01

#5675

Author: GALBRAITH JOHN
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:01

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Hi, 
	On my 386bsd machine, nobody can su to root.  There is no
password (confirmed by checking the password file a hundred times), yet
it asks for one anyway.  I tried setting a password, but it would not
accept it.  The /etc/group file is ok too.
The only way to become root is from the login: prompt.  Then,
no password is needed.  Obviously, this is a pain.  Does anybody know
what is going on?  Thanks.

john galbraith
galbrait@rintintin.colorado.edu

Re: su problems.

#5729

Author: Holger Veit - SYDIS
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:11

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In article <1993Jan27.070108.27600@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, galbrait@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (GALBRAITH JOHN) writes:
|> Hi, 
|> 	On my 386bsd machine, nobody can su to root.  There is no
|> password (confirmed by checking the password file a hundred times), yet
|> it asks for one anyway.  I tried setting a password, but it would not
|> accept it.  The /etc/group file is ok too.
|> The only way to become root is from the login: prompt.  Then,
|> no password is needed.  Obviously, this is a pain.  Does anybody know
|> what is going on?  Thanks.
|> 
|> john galbraith
|> galbrait@rintintin.colorado.edu
|> 

You are aware that a user must be in the group wheel or may become member of
group wheel to sucessfully execute su, aren't you? Your
group file might need a line like the following:

wheel:*:1:root,bill,lynne,galbrait

or alike (provided your account is 'galbrait' as in your posting).

Hope that helps


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Re: su problems.

#5776

Author: peter
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:00

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GALBRAITH JOHN (galbrait@rintintin.Colorado.EDU) wrote:
: 	On my 386bsd machine, nobody can su to root.  There is no
: password (confirmed by checking the password file a hundred times), yet
: it asks for one anyway.  I tried setting a password, but it would not
: accept it.  The /etc/group file is ok too.
: The only way to become root is from the login: prompt.  Then,
: no password is needed.  Obviously, this is a pain.  Does anybody know
: what is going on?  Thanks.

Users who are allowed to su must be in the "wheel" group.

On a similar note "su -c command" doesn;t seem to work for me, or am I
being stupid ?

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Peter Galbavy				e-mail: P.Galbavy@wonderland.org
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