Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-19 Thread pk
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:18:16 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> Being my sometimes helpful self. lol >> >> Password: >> su: Authentication information cannot be recovered >> >> >> That normal I guess? > > Then I'm not! I get > > $ su > Password: su: Authentication failure Evil spi

Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-19 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:18:16 -0600, Dale wrote: Being my sometimes helpful self. lol Password: su: Authentication information cannot be recovered That normal I guess? Then I'm not! I get $ su Password: su: Authentication failure I'm not normal so I sho

Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread Stroller
On 18 Jan 2010, at 22:13, Allan Gottlieb wrote: ... gottl...@allan ~ $ su Password: su: Authentication information cannot be recovered gottl...@allan ~ $ On my Linux boxes I get the same as everyone else. My Mac apologises to me. :/ Stroller.

Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:18:16 -0600, Dale wrote: > Being my sometimes helpful self. lol > > Password: > su: Authentication information cannot be recovered > > > That normal I guess? Then I'm not! I get $ su Password: su: Authentication failure -- Neil Bothwick Someone who thinks logicall

Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread ubiquitous1980
Zeerak Waseem wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:13:55 +0100, Allan Gottlieb > wrote: > >> At Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:07:21 -0800 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 >>

Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread Dale
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 ;

Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread John H. Moe
Hilco Wijbenga wrote: > 2010/1/18 walt : > >> 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 rul

Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
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

Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread Zeerak Waseem
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:13:55 +0100, Allan Gottlieb wrote: At Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:07:21 -0800 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, jus

Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread Hilco Wijbenga
2010/1/18 walt : > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread Allan Gottlieb
At Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:07:21 -0800 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

[gentoo-user] A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread walt
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