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- From: veit@borneo.gmd.de (Holger Veit - SYDIS)
- Subject: Re: su problems.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.171114.24514@gmd.de>
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- References: <1993Jan27.070108.27600@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 17:11:14 GMT
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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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