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09-04-2004, 04:23 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Distribution: Mepis Linux 2004
Posts: 547
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Can't SU to root?
I'm getting a weird partially security related issue.
I can't seem to SU back to root.
root@gravity [~]# su shared
bash-2.05b$ su
Password:
su: incorrect password
bash-2.05b$ su
Password:
su: incorrect password
bash-2.05b$
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09-04-2004, 06:33 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
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Why not just exit back to root?
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Max
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09-04-2004, 07:12 PM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
Distribution: Mepis Linux 2004
Posts: 547
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Exit back to root?
How would I do that in PuTTY for windows?
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09-04-2004, 07:33 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Distribution: Slackware, OS X
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'exit'
that will escape your original su if you then do it again you'll be disconnected.
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