On Tuesday 19 January 2010 00:07:21 walt wrote: > Can I trouble you folks to do this ten-second test and report your > results? > > As an ordinary user, type 'su' at a bash prompt. Now, where you > would normally type your root password, just type Ctrl-d instead. > > What do you see? (I'm ruling out evil spirits here, so please bear > with me ;) > > Thanks for your help. >
$ su Password: su: Authentication information cannot be recovered -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
