James D. Parra wrote:
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 11:49 AM, James D. Parra <Jamesp@musicreports.com> wrote:
Hello,
Trying to use su from my account to get to root and I get the following error;
me@example.server:/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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org