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Re: Su && Development Packages



> % su
> su: Authentication failure
> Sorry
> %
> 
> When I _know_ I have given the right password. Caps Lock is off, I've tried 
> typing it plain text so I know the input is correct, I've logged in as root 
> and changed root's passwd and it still doesn't work when su-ing from a 
> normal user account.
> 
> /bin/su is chown root.root and file permissions are correct.

What are the file permissions? Can you su to another user besides root?
What output do you find in /var/log/auth.log?

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