On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 21:31:13 -0000, Kisteleki Róbert wrote: > Yesterday I upgraded two severs with apt, which in turn upgraded the > base-passwd package. The root password seems to be "upgraded" also, since > one of the two machines doesn't allow su-ing to root any more; regular > users can log in normally.
Try logging in on a tty/console. A new PAM has been introduced in unstable recently as well; it may well still have a few rough edges which could affect 'su'. HTH, Ray -- The "Penguin Powered" logos people love should really be "Penguin Empowered". That, I think, is the best thing about Linux, too. We've given the computer back to the user. Alan Cox in http://www2.linuxjournal.com/articles/culture/012.html