SUMMARY- Can't su to privileged account

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From: Dave Corsar - Roads
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00

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PROBLEM
ULTRIX 4.4
The problem was that quite suddenly I was no longer able to su to a
privileged account ie 'su root' 'su field' 'su oper' etc. although I
could quite happily su to a normal account.

RESOLUTION
Unfortunately  I did not find the cause of this problem but resolved it
via a reboot however I did receive two possible solutions to this
problem which may help others.
in /etc/ttys replacing /dev/tty01 with /etc/ttyd1 can cause this
problem.

it was also pointed out that in DEC Unix 4 a user must be a member of
root group to su to root.

Thanks Troy & Pedro

Dave

Dave Corsar
ICL
The Highland Council
Glenurquhart Road
Inverness
IV3 5NX
tel 01463 702636

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