Cannot su root on fresh install on RH9

jdruin · 12-06-2003, 10:55 AM

I cannot su root on RH9. Just installed last night. Basically it goes like this:

>> su root
>> password
>> <I enter my pasword here>
<RH just hangs forever on this blank line just below passwrd entry>

Any suggestions??? I have shadow passwords installed BTW.

twilli227 · 12-06-2003, 11:03 AM

Try this:
su -
password

jdruin · 12-08-2003, 12:49 PM

Just to be clear, is that 'su' followed by a hyphen?

chup · 12-08-2003, 01:14 PM

yes.

Code:

su -

jdruin · 12-09-2003, 02:37 PM

Thanks all. For anyone else reading this:

su -

worked. Could someone tell me why this worked? I would like to understand what happened.