[GLLUG] can't su or sux

Lachniet, Mark mlachniet at sequoianet.com
Tue Sep 12 19:46:48 EDT 2006


On my linux box...

lachniet:~ # ls -l /bin/su
-rwsr-xr-x  1 root root 23296 Jan 31  2006 /bin/su 

Mark Lachniet
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-----Original Message-----
From: linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu
[mailto:linux-user-bounces at egr.msu.edu] On Behalf Of Caleb Cushing
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:13 PM
To: Reza Beha
Cc: Linux User
Subject: Re: [GLLUG] can't su or sux

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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