passwords not recognized when su'ing from a terminal

Mikkel L. Ellertson mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Fri Jul 20 16:22:58 UTC 2007


Alain Cochard wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson 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).
> 
>  > A long shot, but check your  /etc/sudoers file.
> 
> I don't know how to do that.  Besides, neither the file not its status
> have changed since the distribution installation...
> 
> Thanks,
> Alain
> 
It sounds like you did check it, if you know the file and status has
not changed. If it had changed, you could look at the file - it is a
standard text file.

Another check would be to run "rpm -V coreutils" to verify the su
binary. If it returns without printing anything, then su and
/etc/sudoers are the same as originally installed. If it shows
something has changed, you have a place to start.

$ type su
su is /bin/su
$ rpm -qf /bin/su
coreutils-5.97-12.5.fc6
$ rpm -V coreutils
$

Mikkel
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