su problem

ole · 04-02-2003, 03:45 PM

When I type in my terminal 'su', than he says: wrong password... (immediately)
Normally he always asked me the password, but since a few days not anymore...
So I can't log in as a root in my terminal

mvg,

ole (redhat 8.0, KDE 3.0)

iceman47 · 04-02-2003, 04:12 PM

try 'su root'

vriendelijke groeten terug

ole · 04-02-2003, 04:38 PM

su root has the same effect: he says
su: wrong password

mvg

,

ole

david_ross · 04-02-2003, 04:46 PM

Can you login from the console?

You could start a new shell by trying "su -".

iceman47 · 04-02-2003, 04:47 PM

Try loggin in in single user mode, there you can change the root password. Reboot and enter the command linux single or if that doesn't work, try passing linux init=/bin/bash.
Btw, it will be easier for people to help you in the future if you state your distro in your personal profile.

bahamat · 04-02-2003, 04:50 PM

Maybe your enter key is broken

iceman47 · 04-02-2003, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bahamat
Maybe your enter key is broken

david_ross · 04-02-2003, 04:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bahamat
Maybe your enter key is broken
__________________
If you think XP isn't based on DOS open a "console" and type mem

You would think the would still get a password prompt - wouldn't you?

As for the sig - isn't that because XP loads a dos shell in order to run the mem command?

cruzfernandez · 06-25-2003, 07:52 PM

Maybe your /bin/su doesn't have setuid bit on.
$ ls -l /bin/su
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 23176 2003-06-24 15:46 /bin/su

You should see this (look the `s` character), enter as root (press CTRL-ALT-F1), and run:

$chmod +s /bin/su
$

hope this helps. ;-)

Mojojo · 06-25-2003, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bahamat
Maybe your enter key is broken