https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827845 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=827845#c0 Summary: Acquiring a root shell with "su" fails with message "su: Authentication failure" Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Factory Version: 13.1 Milestone 2 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: vlukas@gmx.de QAContact: qa-bugs@suse.de Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.21 (KHTML, like Gecko) konqueror/4.10.4 Safari/537.21 If I type in "su" on the console to get a root shell, after a few seconds (ca. 3) the message "su: Authentication failure" appears and root privileges are not available. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Enter "su" at the console / at a shell. Actual Results: The message "su: Authentication failure" appears. Expected Results: The command should ask for the root password and open a privileged shell after verifying password. An apparently associated message appearing in "journalctl -n" is: --------------------------------------------------- Jul 02 18:53:41 linux-xxxx su[6324]: pam_warn(su:auth): function=[pam_sm_authenticate] service=[su] terminal=[pts/5] user=[root] ruser=[lima] rhost=[<unknown>] Jul 02 18:53:41 linux-xxxx su[6324]: FAILED SU (to lima) lima on none --------------------------------------------------- (hostname is redacted) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.