On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Kraszewski, Marcin wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Really strange situation: I can log on as root at the console (RH6.0, kernel
> 2.2.16-3), but if I log on as a regular user, and then try to run 'su -',
> after I enter the root password I get "su: incorrect password" error
> message. I changed the root password a few times, checked the caps lock :)
> but it still does not work. I read man pages for passwd, shadow, and su, but
> could not see any clues. I also checked several configuration files, and
> they haven't been changed in months, 'su -' worked on that machine before. I
> would really appreciate your hints on what to check next. TIA.
>
Make sure you have permission to execute the "su" command. I know on
at least one machine here, only root can run the "su" command.
John
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