Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:53:53 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: James Riendeau <jtriende@wisc.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su to root not prompting for a password Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20060417095254.02349078@antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <4D97E3A0-1416-4166-B9A4-EDDEAA858973@wisc.edu> References: <4D97E3A0-1416-4166-B9A4-EDDEAA858973@wisc.edu>
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At 09:45 AM 4/17/2006, James Riendeau wrote: >I upgraded to 6.1 RC-1 from 5.4, and when I su to root, it's not >prompting for a password. I created a new account, and it does the >same thing there. If the user is in the wheel group, it drops to the ># prompt. If not, it echos the BAD SU attempt error message. I >think it has something to do with PAM, but the documentation is not >exactly written for those of us who don't have MS/Ph.D.'s in computer >science. Does anyone know how to fix this? I thought I followed all >the directions in /usr/src/UPDATING, but I must have done something >wrong, probably while using mergemaster. You likely installed the default passwd file, which has no password for root. Assign a password to root and you'll be fine. -Glenn >My apologies if this has already been asked, but the search function >on lists.freebsd.org won't let me access other search result pages >beyond the first, and google didn't help. > >Many thanks, > >James Riendeau >MMI Computer Support Technician >1300 University Ave >Rm. 436, Dept. of MedMicro >Madison, WI 53706 > >Phone: (608) 262-3351 >After-hours Phone: (608) 260-2696 >Fax: (608) 262-8418 >Email: jtriende@wisc.edu > > > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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