[25926] in Athena Bugs
Re: PNCMSW root/su issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Linda A. LeBlanc)
Wed Aug 11 10:27:31 2004
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su'ing from the command line, remotely and at the console
doesn't seem to make a difference whether I start without
customizations or from terminal-style login.
> > What were you trying to do?
>> Login as user and su to root at the console or remotely
>> gives the error "incorrect password"
>>
>> What's wrong:
>> Need to be able to su instead of having to log in as root.
>
>Can you see if you can eliminate the possibility that a custom keyboard
>map or other X-related issue is hurting you?
>
>Can you 'su' if you login as yourself on the text console?
>
>-Camilla
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Linda LeBlanc
I/T Security security@mit.edu
