passwords not recognized when su'ing from a terminal
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Fri Jul 20 12:19:37 UTC 2007
Alain Cochard wrote:
> Andreas Bernauer writes:
>
> > Alain Cochard wrote on Fri, Jul 20 2007 at 11:59 (+0200):
>
> > > Just a few days ago, I stopped being able to 'su' or 'su
> > > some_user' from a terminal: the passwords are no longer accepted.
> > > Same problem to unlock a session (need to enter the password).
>
> > You may not have noticed, but the problem seems to be that PAM is
> > denying access. Check the file /etc/pam.d/su to see why it may be
> > doing this. My su-file looks like the one attached and is from
> > FC6.
>
> Thanks Andreas. Unfortunately, my /etc/pam.d/su file is exactly
> identical to yours...
>
> > You may also want to turn on some 'debug' option flag in the pam
> > modules. However, there is no general debug interface to PAM
> > (unfortunately).
>
> Well, I read the pam and pam_authenticate manuals, but have no idea of
> how to start on that. It appears to be way beyond my abilities.
>
> Any more clues, anyone?
>
> Alain
>
A long shot, but check your /etc/sudoers file.
Mikkel
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