On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 05:34:24AM +, Philip Rowlands wrote:
> Listfolk; is there a reason why su doesn't check for "root"-iness before
> jumping into the password prompt or PAM routines? By comparing EUID vs
> UID or somesuch?
In the general case it might be hard to determine that. For exam
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005, Tony Guo wrote:
>after I tried a few commands to change to different versions of shells
>available (sh, csh, ksh, etc.) with my fedora core 2 installation, and
>have a few su-ed windows open, I suddenly found the su command does not
>work any more, neither was my root password
Tony Guo wrote:
> after I tried a few commands to change to different
> versions of shells available (sh, csh, ksh, etc.) with
That is an important clue. I think your problem is there.
> my fedora core 2 installation, and have a few su-ed
> windows open, I suddenly found the su command does not
after I tried a few commands to change to different
versions of shells available (sh, csh, ksh, etc.) with
my fedora core 2 installation, and have a few su-ed
windows open, I suddenly found the su command does not
work any more, neither was my root password
recognized.
Though I was able to get th
