On 2/17/07, Ariën Huisken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a non-root user when I try to su to another account on my system > > which I know the password for I am receiving the error "su: incorrect > > password" after entering the correct password. To confirm I really > > know the password I can from the same system ftp to localhost and > > succesffully authenticate. What is it I don't understand about su in > > this situation? > > This users has to be a member of the root group.
Would someone please confirm what I already believe to be true? I modified my sudoers file but of course being a newbie I made a mistake on line 27 and now sudo won't parse the file thus it dies. I have three working accounts on the box but none of them are in the root group thus I can't su to root. Root logins are disabled for SSH and in vsFTPd thus I can't use those tools to replace my screwed up sudoers file. Root logins are disabled for imap4 and not quite sure what I would do witht that access even if they weren't since that would throw me in ito the ~/Maildir/ folder anyhow. So does that pretty much leave me with boarding a plane and flying to my server so I can get console access and boot from new media? I don't suppose there is anyway to get sudo to overlook the typo at the end of the file to process my access that is 5-10 lines higher in the file is there? Thanks all, and feel free to lecture me as you reply. I know I deserve it for this blunder. -- Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
