On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Paul Yiu wrote: > > > Sigh. Exact details please. Does su print "Sorry"? Or anything else? > > > Some things you can do to isolate the problem: > > > > 1. Login on console as pyiu and try to su. > Yes that worked ok inserial console. > $ su > Password: > # > > > > 2. When logged in, ssh to localhost as pyiu and then try to su > > It failed to su. > > -bash-3.00$ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -bash-3.00$ su Password: > Sorry
In this case, were you logged in on console originally? Or via the ssh.com client? If the latter is the case, I suspect some keyboard mapping problem with that client. -Otto > > > > Please give exact reports on what is printed on screen and written to > > > authlog in these cases. > > This is authlog when successed to login from SSH to localhost login as pyiu > and su. > Nov 24 10:00:00 unix1 su: pyiu to root on /dev/ttys0 > > This is authlog when failed to login from SSH to localhost login as pyiu and > su. > Nov 24 10:00:46 unix1 su: BAD SU pyiu to root on /dev/ttyp0 > > > > If that does not give a clue, I might need to add some debug code to > > > su to see what is going on. > > > > -Otto > > -- > Regards, > Paul Yiu > Senior Systems & Network Administrator > > Max eCommerce Pty Ltd. > http: www.maxecommerce.com > Ph: +61 02 9651 3422 Fax: +61 02 9651 4622 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > This email and any attachments are confidential and may be subject to > copyright, legal or some other professional privilege. They are intended > solely for the attention and use of the named addressee(s). > They may only be copied, distributed or disclosed with the consent of the > copyright owner. If you have received this email by mistake or by breach of > the confidentiality clause, please notify the sender immediately by return > email and delete or destroy all copies of the email. Any confidentiality, > privilege or copyright is not waived or lost because this email has been sent > to you by mistake. > > > Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > > On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Paul Yiu wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Otto, > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to see the output of userinfo pyiu. Added to that, the > > > > > output of getcap -f /etc/login.conf class, where class is the login > > > > > class of teh user, as reported by userinfo. > > > > > > > > login pyiu > > > passwd WhatEverWasHere > > > uid 1002 > > > groups users wheel > > > change NEVER > > > class gecos Paul Yiu > > > dir /home/pyiu > > > shell /usr/local/bin/bash > > > expire NEVER > > > > > > pyiu do not assign to any class as shown above. > > > -bash-3.00# getcap -f /etc/login.conf default > > > default: :path=/usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin /usr/X11R6/bin > > > /usr/local/bin: :umask=022: :datasize-max=256M: > > > :datasize-cur=75M: :maxproc-max=128: :maxproc-cur=64: > > > :openfiles-cur=64: :stacksize-cur=4M: :localcipher=blowfish,6: > > > :ypcipher=old: :auth=passwd,skey: :auth-ftp=passwd: > > > > > > > > > > > Also, we need to see the exact command line used and errors reported. > > > > > Not just some vague description. > > > I use ssh.com client 3.2.9 to login as pyiu and type su to su as root and > > > what has been capture in /var/log/authlog is > > > Nov 21 11:27:02 openbsd1 su: BAD SU pyiu to root on /dev/ttyp0 > > > I can provide more details if necessery. > > > > > > > Sigh. Exact details please. Does su print "Sorry"? Or anything else? > > > > Some things you can do to isolate the problem: > > > > 1. Login on console as pyiu and try to su. > > 2. When logged in, ssh to localhost as pyiu and then try to su > > > > Please give exact reports on what is printed on screen and written to > > authlog in these cases. > > > > If that does not give a clue, I might need to add some debug code to > > su to see what is going on. > > > > -Otto