Re: 'su' to root rejected
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 11:37:47PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> martin.stenzel@rz.hu-berlin.de writes:
>
> > I installed the Debian version of the "su" command. When trying to
> > "su -" and providing the _correct_ password I get an "Invalid
> > password" information and my wish to become root is rejected.
>
> IIRC, the packaged su comes with setuid NOT set. "chmod u+s /bin/su"
> should fix things.
Oh, that's easy. Thanks for pointing it out.
> I think most hurd users are naughty at the moment and do everything as
> root, so bugs like this can linger ...
Right.
Marcus
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