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#1 2003-12-02 09:08:08
- rasat
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su: Authentication failure
Trying to login from user mode to root with "su" but it fails:
bash-2.05b$ su
Password:
su: Authentication failure
Sorry.
bash-2.05b$Markku
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#2 2003-12-02 09:58:11
- marc
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Re: su: Authentication failure
Can you log in as root? If you can, you could change the password. I know it doesn't sound logical, just a shot in the dark
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#3 2003-12-02 10:43:05
- andy
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Re: su: Authentication failure
Use the correct password ?!? ;-)
Is caps-lock off ? (stupid, but does happen more ofthen that you'd think ... )
Then, check /var/log/messages, /var/log/auth etc. to see what the actual problem is.
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#4 2003-12-02 14:57:32
- rasat
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Re: su: Authentication failure
Then, check /var/log/messages, /var/log/auth etc. to see what the actual problem is.
Thanks. Permission UID was missing in /bin/su.
I fixed the UID with Konqueror <Properties>. For my information, how do you add UID with "chown"?
Markku
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#5 2003-12-02 15:01:31
- Xentac
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Re: su: Authentication failure
You mean chmod? chmod u+s <file>
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