+++ USM Bish [linux-india] <02/01/02 23:23 +0530>:
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 09:53:11PM +0530, K. Ghosh wrote:
> > In 7.1, when logged in as a user, to do anything requir-
> > ing su permission requires to either logout and login as
> > root, or open a virtual console and log in as root- both
> > being equally frustrating.
>
> This is very surprising. This defeats the very purpose of
> su. Does this happen with other WMs or from console ?
Maybe with his security settings, redhat 7.2 does what freebsd does, and
allows only members of a certain group (say wheel) to su root?
-srs
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LOST #113 -**< Sub : Mailbox status on login >**-
By default, most distros are configured to display the mailbox
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box) edit /etc/login.defs and change MAIL_CHECK_ENAB to "no".
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