Can't su to privileged account

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From: Dave Corsar - Roads
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 00:00

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A strange problem has just occurred on one of our DECstation 5000's
running ULTRIX 4.4

I can log on console as root 
I can su to non privileged account  eg su davec

I cannot su to root, operator or field (no messages or warnings -  it
just hangs indefinitely) 

Any Ideas?

Dave.

Dave Corsar
The Highland Council,
Glenurquhart Road,
Inverness
Scotland
IV3 5NX

01463 702636

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