[GLLUG] can't su or sux

[Caleb Cushing]

you mean ls -l /bin/su?

-rwx--x--x 1 root root 26700 Sep 11 17:11 /bin/su

is su supposed to be suid? wouldn't that allow any user to su to
anywhere without a password because they are root for the command?

On 9/12/06, Reza Beha <reza_beha at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is /bin/su setuid root?
>
>
> --- Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've been having a problem where I can't use su or sux. they simply
> > aren't authenticating my root password. which I can log into directly
> > or sudo to. I know the password is correct. I'm wondering if anyone
> > has any Ideas on how to narrow down, or solve this problem.
> >
> >
> > I started a gentoo forum thread here
> > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-497459.html so you can see what
> > has and has not been tried yet.
>
>
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