Re: problems with command su

[Andreas Unterkircher <unki@netshadow.at>]

please post what happens in the logs when your "su -" command failed.

depending on your distribution you could find that according info in 
/var/log/messages,
/var/log/syslog, /var/log/secure, /var/log/auth.log,... or something 
else - sorry - don't
know exactly for mandrake....

if u have installed the ssh-daemon - can u run the command "ssh 
root@localhost"
and check if the login would succeed?

any special auth mechanism? ldap?

Andi

Vladimir E. Rodriguez wrote:

>No, I don't have aliases, I have checked, but I haven't aliases.
>
>Please could anybody could help me?
>
>Thanks
>
>Vladimir
>On Tuesday 07 December 2004 13:16, kaushal wrote:
>  
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>>Im not sure but make sure your 'su' command has not been aliased by
>>someone/thing.
>>[sfaf@sdf]alias
>>
>>If u find an entry for su there,type 'unalaias su' and it should work.
>>gudlk.
>>kaushal.
>>rocsys.
>>
>>On Tue, 2004-12-07 at 21:31, Vladimir E. Rodriguez wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Hello, I'm new user in linux community. I have installed in my computer
>>>mandrake linux 10.0
>>>
>>>Sometime ago it was working normal without problems. After that I changed
>>>the root password, always that I want to change something in the
>>>configuration of the system, I run su from other user (vladimir).
>>>
>>>But the system says 'invalid password'. I tried the old, and new
>>>password, but it doesn't work
>>>
>>>I have to logout, and login with root to change some configurations.
>>>
>>>Anyone could help me!!
>>>
>>>thank you
>>>
>>>Vladimir
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