On Wednesday 02 January 2002 07:31, you wrote:
> Dennis Myers wrote:
> > On Wednesday 02 January 2002 01:56, you wrote:
> > > What feedback do you get from the console when you try to run "su"?
> > >
> > > Open up a console window and type "su"+enter followed by the root
> > > passwprd.
> > >
> > > -Paul Rodr�guez
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2002-01-01 at 21:38, ai4a wrote:
> > > > Hi, After I ran InteractiveBastille I can not get into 'control
> > > > center' (the one on the desktop with an icon - not the one under
> > > > k-menu?). A window comes up asking for the root password. I enter the
> > > > password, press enter, & 'control center' just disappears. Any help
> > > > would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > TNA
> > > > Charles
> > > >
> > > >
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> > In setting up Bastille you must have selected the option to disable suid
> > or usrctl, I can't remember which it is, but in so doing, the access to a
> > root console through su is halted.  I would reconfigure and be very
> > careful to not answer "yes" when it asks questions something like  "may
> > we disable  this process or that process?"  Also do not select file size
> > limitations as yes because that will also stop access to su console.  
> > HTH
> > --
> > Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842
> >
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> Hi Dennis,
> No, I did not disable suid. I looked in /etc/Bastille.config just to
> make sure. This morning I tried to log into KDE as ROOT. No success. I
> will try flushing the iptables rules & see if that helps anything. I
> will also redo InteractiveBastille and make everything the safest way I
> can. Is there any way to just undo InteractiveBastille????
>
> Tks
> Charles
Hi Charles, I have never just undone Bastille, I just rerun the 
InteractiveBastille and it  should reset the iptables. I have used "urpme" to 
delete it from my system and then reinstalled from scratch, but don't think 
that changes the iptables, you would have to remove them also. HTH
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