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Old 08-13-2012, 11:40 PM   #1
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cannot su in any account

cannot su in any user account
permission denied
su - user
su user
i am using CentOS 6.3
Can some one please help me?
i am new to linux.
 
Old 08-14-2012, 12:09 AM   #2
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Code:
ls -l $(which su)
 
Old 08-14-2012, 12:37 AM   #3
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What don't you continue in your other thread? http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...nt-4175420790/
 
Old 08-14-2012, 02:27 AM   #4
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ls -l $(which su)
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 34904 Jun 22 13:46 /bin/su

i cant su in any account
permission denied
 
Old 08-14-2012, 04:53 AM   #5
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Permissions look ok...

What are the outputs of

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$ cat /etc/pam.d/su
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$ groups
 
Old 08-14-2012, 03:01 PM   #6
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