Re: su - does not ask for password

2005-10-15 Thread Kris Anderson
Teo, If you check your log files you may see something in there about passwordless accounts. :) ~Mr. Anderson --- Teo De Las Heras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's exactly why I just assumed that I had set a > password for root...I > didn't think it was possible to not have a password > set.

Re: su - does not ask for password

2005-10-15 Thread Teo De Las Heras
That's exactly why I just assumed that I had set a password for root...I didn't think it was possible to not have a password set. Teo On 10/15/05, Andrew P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/15/05, Teo De Las Heras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That worked! I thought I remembered giving root

Re: su - does not ask for password

2005-10-15 Thread Andrew P.
On 10/15/05, Teo De Las Heras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That worked! I thought I remembered giving root a password!? So, if > you don't have a password set, one is not asked for? > > Teo > Quite so. You should never ever leave root password blank. In fact, FreeBSD as an OS and many programs t

Re: su - does not ask for password

2005-10-14 Thread Teo De Las Heras
That worked! I thought I remembered giving root a password!? So, if you don't have a password set, one is not asked for? Teo On 10/14/05, Andrew P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My account has a password and when > > I "su -" I go right in as root without a > > password prompt. What changed? >

Re: su - does not ask for password

2005-10-14 Thread Andrew P.
> My account has a password and when > I "su -" I go right in as root without a > password prompt. What changed? > > Teo > % su # passwd Changing local password for root New Password: Retype New Password: # Now you're done. ___ freebsd-questions@freebs

Fwd: su - does not ask for password

2005-10-14 Thread Teo De Las Heras
-- Forwarded message -- From: Teo De Las Heras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Oct 14, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: Re: su - does not ask for password To: Emanuel Strobl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My account has a password and when I "su -" I go right in as root without a

Re: su - does not ask for password

2005-10-14 Thread Emanuel Strobl
Am Freitag, 14. Oktober 2005 17:48 CEST schrieb Teo De Las Heras: > I've added myself to the wheel group and can successfully su - into > root. I'm wondering though, where I make the configuration to ask for a > password when su - is called. You have to assign the superuser a password first. su wi

su - does not ask for password

2005-10-14 Thread Teo De Las Heras
I've added myself to the wheel group and can successfully su - into root. I'm wondering though, where I make the configuration to ask for a password when su - is called. Teo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/