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[Sloan <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

James D. Parra wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:49 AM, James D. Parra
> <Jamesp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > Hello,
> >
> > Trying to use su from my account to get to root and I get the following
> > error;
> >
> > me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/home> su
> > Password:
> > Permissions on the password database may be too restrictive.
> > su: incorrect password
> > <snip>
> >
> > I can log in directly as root with the password, but I cannot su to it.
> >     
> Any
>   
> > ideas how to correct this?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > James
> >     
>
> Your Clue:
>
> Permissions on the password database may be too restrictive.
>
> Log in as root and set security options to SECURE, not Paranoid.
> Yase Security Local.
> ~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Hello,
>
> Its not set to Paranoid, although I see that the permissions are incorrect;
>
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 23296 Jan 31  2006 /bin/su
>
> How do I change it back to;
>
> -rwsr-xr-x  1 root root 23296 Jan 31  2006 /bin/su
>   

Off the top of my head, I'd say:

chmod 4755 /bin/su


Joe
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