Re: 'su' to root rejected
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 10:17:00PM +0100, martin.stenzel@rz.hu-berlin.de wrote:
> Good evening (CET),
>
> I installed the Debian version of the "su"
> command.
That's GNU shellutils :)
> When trying to "su -" and providing the
> _correct_ password I get an "Invalid
> password" information and my wish to
> become root is rejected.
> Is this a known problem?
I remember that someone mentioned it before. It would be good if you could
debug it, try to localize the bug and file a bug report (or even a patch).
Do you want to do some debugging?
Marcus
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