On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 - Andre Steden, you wrote:
| Hello,
|
| if i login as root an console 1 and want to switch to another user with
| su frank
| i get :
| bash: /dev/tty1: permission denied
| (with Mandrake 7.1)
|
| i tried the same with Mdk7.0 - there is no such message.
|
| bye
| --
| Andre Steden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I just tried this with 7.0, and got the "permission denied" responce as well.
Try becomming a superuser, then the other user and it will work - but you
will still be logged onto your first user's home folder.
So using user1 and user2 for the two user id's, when you log in as yourself,
you will see [user1@localhost user1],
then become the superuser, [root@localhost user1],
and filally become the second user, [user2@localhost user1]
If I understand correctly, the denial of permission to direct user id changes
is a security feature which keeps regular users from switching their identity at
will (even if you know the second user's passsword).
If you know another user's id and password, this is not much of a hindrence,
but it is still an inconvenience to have to log out and then back in as the
other user. However it does prevent non authorized user id changes.
HTH,
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Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
