Darrell Thomas wrote: > I just downloaded all the security updates for my mandrake linux 10.0 > box. > > --now the su password will not work. I can still logout and back in as > "ROOT", so I have access, but the passwords should be the same (like > they were before the patch)
It sounds to me from your description that Mandrake included a change to their security policy that came with their latest security patches. This is not behavior that is coming from GNU coreutils directly. I assume it is some security policy such as /etc/securetty or some such. I know that Mandrake has a general way to set "Security" on the system to low, medium or high and that changes there have some sweeping changes through the system. I don't have a (recent) Mandrake system available to me. I only have access to a friends quite ancient one. So I can't guess beyond this. But I really don't think this is a GNU su problem bug and I doubt it is a bug in Mandrake either but rather a question of policy and how it is implmemented in Mandrake. And I assume that there would be quite a bit of talk about a change such as this on the Mandrake lists. But a brief look did not see any. If you continue to have problems you might post your question to the Mandrake lists since I am guessing this is a policy specific to it. Here is a pointer to their mailing list that I found from their main web page. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 Bob > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Darrell]$ su > Password: (I enter the > correct password) > Su: incorrect password > > > I have to log out and relog back in to get to the ROOT directory. > > Any words? > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-coreutils mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils > _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
