> Hey all, > > I'm running into a curious problem when I ssh into my Cube3 box. I want to > disallow root login to the ssh server which I can obviously do in the ssh conf > file. > > The problem is that when I log into the system as an unpriveleged user and try > to su to root, I can't. The system says that the password is incorrect - even > though it's not. I can login to the system with the root account just fine so I > know there's nothing wrong with the account. > > Is this some type of security feature on the system? Honestly, I'd think it > would be more secure to login unpriveleged and then su ... > > tia, > --pete > You can do this several ways. You can ssh into your Qube with admin or you can add the unpriveleged user to the wheel group in your /etc/group file. Myself I would do the second one
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