On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 02:16:47PM -0800, Michael Kevin O'Brien wrote: > Hola~ > > I finally took the plunge and pointed apt-get on to the unstable packages. So > far, no major problems, wahoo. I am getting some weirdness, tho. When I run > su, now, I get: > > % su > Password: > su: Authentication failure > Sorry. > > Which I wouldn't expect with a root definition in /etc/passwd of: > > % grep root /etc/passwd > root::0:0:root:/root:/usr/bin/tcsh > > I've got the following version of login: > > ii login 19990827-10 System login tools > > Why would su be acting this way??? I used to have version 980403-0.3 > installed, and I did not have this problem.
Edit /etc/pam.d/su and add "nullok" to the end of the line that has "auth required pam_unix.so" -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
