Re: problems with command su

Jim Nelson
2004-12-07T22:08:52Z

Vladimir E. Rodriguez wrote:
> Hello again, I tried this thing but it doesn't work.
> Also I checked that my user vladimir belongs to the group wheel, it's true,
> but I can't log with su.
>
> Please someone could help me?
>
> Thanks
>
> Vladimir
>

Last time I had to unlock a box, I booted into Knoppix, mounted the root fs, and
deleted the root password in /etc/shadow. In about 3 minutes. Scared the scat
out of the guys watching me.

Just make sure you fix the permissions both before and after - /etc/shadow is set
at 0400 and vi will gripe.