> Su is just that - switch user. I do it frequently
my bad, thought it stood for super-user, ie root.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ su
>
> with no user, that's when you're getting the expired
> message, right?
no, I used #useradd to create a user. So when it boots
and stops at tux login: I can enter my username and
then the user passwd and get the blue and yellow
prompt ending in $. From there if I su I get the
error.
>
> Su has a couple of components that could possibly be
> interfering with the
> process. The first is pam; the file in
> /etc/pam.d/su has some doco that
> plays a part and also speaks of other files that
> could also have some
> effect. You might want to check into those and
> ensure that the settings are
> valid for what you are trying to do.
could be. Here's the appropriate lines in the log:
Mar 24 21:10:45 [login(pam_unix)] session opened for
user bobolink by
(uid=0)
Mar 24 21:10:47 [su] pam_acct_mgmt: User account has
expired
thanx
-mw
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