From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Mar 21 1: 3:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from web13202.mail.yahoo.com (web13202.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.187]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2105637B71D for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 01:03:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lipshitz909@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20010321061427.99749.qmail@web13202.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [216.50.43.133] by web13202.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:14:27 PST Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 22:14:27 -0800 (PST) From: Larry Librettez Subject: Re: 4.3-BETA: cannot su root in console window in X To: "David W. Chapman Jr." Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <031301c0b1c6$d552fac0$931576d8@inethouston.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Using 4.3-BETA, in X when I try to su to root within a console window, I get the error 'BAD SU LIPSHITZ to root on ttyp0' However, in a regular console (not in X), I can su to root (from a plain user account) no problems at all. --- "David W. Chapman Jr." wrote: > > After upgrading to 4.3-BETA, I now cannot do an su > > root login in a console window (xterm, rxvt) while > in > > X. I did make buildworld, make installworld, > built > > the new kernel and installed it, did mergemaster, > and > > MAKEDEV on all my devices. I tried adding > 'secure' to > > /etc/ttys after the ttyp* entries, even tried > chmod > the secure option is for when you boot up to single > user mode and specifies > whether you still need a password > > > An error message or better description of how it > doesn't work would be most > helpful. > __________________________________________________ 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-bugs" in the body of the message