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RE: problem su'ing



On 01-Jun-99 Pollywog wrote:
> I just started having a problem with su.  It tells me "wrong password" but I
> can log in from a console as root with the same password.
> 
> I just upgraded the /etc/pam.d stuff and I wonder if this is the cause of
> this
> problem.
> 
> thanks 
> 
> btw, should /bin/su have the suid bit set?  It does not.

Yes, that was the problem.  su somehow lost the suid root bit.
I replaced it and that fixed the problem.

--
Andrew


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