[18821] in Athena Bugs
linux 8.4.20: ksu
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Z. Maze)
Tue Feb 27 12:06:04 2001
Message-Id: <200102271705.MAA07766@alice-whacker.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:05:57 -0500
From: "David Z. Maze" <dmaze@MIT.EDU>
System name: alice-whacker.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 8.4.20 (with mkserv)
Display type: XFree86 3.3.6 Mach64
Shell: /bin/sh (/afs/sipb/project/sipb/bin/zsh?)
Window manager: ssh-agent fvwm2
What were you trying to do?
Become root without remembering the local root password,
using ksu and my root instance.
What's wrong:
It doesn't work:
{24} dmaze% which ksu
/usr/athena/bin/ksu
{25} dmaze% ksu
WARNING: Your password may be exposed if you enter it here and are logged
in remotely using an unsecure (non-encrypted) channel.
Kerberos password for dmaze/root@ATHENA.MIT.EDU:
ksu: No such file or directory while verifying ticket for server
Authentication failed.
ksu[7745]: 'ksu root' authentication failed for dmaze on /dev/ttyp1
My root instance is listed in root's .k5login file, though:
bash# grep dmaze /root/.k5login
dmaze/root@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
bash# grep dmaze /root/.klogin
dmaze.root@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
What should have happened:
I should have gotten a root shell, since ksu's default options are
mostly like 'ksu root -n $USER/root'.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
ksu(1)
