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- From: peter@alice.wonderland.org ()
- Subject: Re: su problems.
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:00:15 GMT
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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.
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- 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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