Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 22:09:05 -0800 (PST) From: Larry Librettez <lipshitz909@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-qa@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: 4.3-BETA won't su to root in X terminal Message-ID: <20010322060905.3135.qmail@web13202.mail.yahoo.com>
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After upgrading to 4.3-BETA, I find I cannot su to root in a terminal window (rxvt, xterm) in X (XFree86-3.3.6 with either GNOME or KDE). Even if I enter the correct password, the su login gets rejected (and yes, user is member of wheel group). The logs report `BAD SU LIPSHITZ to root on ttyp0`. However, in a plain terminal (not in X), I CAN su to root as a regular user. Prior to upgrading to 4.3-BETA (kernel + userland), I was able to su to root in X in 4.2-STABLE. I tried adding `secureī after the ttyp entries in /etc/ttys but that didnīt help. I did both mergemaster and MAKEDEV all during my rebuild. I specifically re-made the ttyp* devices. I even typed out the su password on the terminal to make sure it shows correctly and it does. On a separate box using 4.2-STABLE I upgraded only the kernel to 4.3-BETA (same 4.2-STABLE userland), and the problem still occurred - couldnīt su to root in an X terminal. Is the problem in the kernel? A bug? A DoS? I cvsupīd 5 times and rebuilded 5 times (I am now up to 4.3-RC) with no change in this problem. How do I fix this? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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