Re: "su -" doesn't work

[Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk@yola.bmrb.wisc.edu>]

* allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx (debian@rl76065.cup.hp.com) spake thusly:
> hello:
> 
> i am having a problem using "su -". for inexplicable reasons, i cannot use su 
> to switch user unless i am root. any idea what is going on????

Not really. I usually chgrp su to group wheel and remove executable 
permission for "others" on production servers, but I don't think this 
is the Debian default.

Check the permissions anyway.

Dima
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