su - root not workonh anymore

Günter Schmidt gsc.news at online.de
Sun Jan 22 18:00:09 UTC 2006


Since the latest 'yum update' I cant execute 'su - root' anymore.
Even the combination Ctrl+Alt+F1 and login:root can login to root.

I can get root access only if I login as root into the graphical desktop.

gsc at erica(23)$ strace su - root
execve("/bin/su", ["su", "-", "root"], [/* 38 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x890d000
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 
0) = 0xb7ff3000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or 
directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=73207, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 73207, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7fe1000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libpam.so.0", O_RDONLY)      = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200_p\000"..., 
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=46948, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 48300, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) 
= 0x9f7000
mmap2(0xa02000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xa) = 0xa02000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libpam_misc.so.0", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0`|A\000"..., 
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=10304, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 11596, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) 
= 0x24b000
mmap2(0x24d000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0x24d000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libcrypt.so.1", O_RDONLY)    = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\300\207"..., 
512) = 512fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=27660, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 184636, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 
0) = 0x707000
mmap2(0x70c000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x4) = 0x70c000
mmap2(0x70e000, 155964, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x70e000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)       = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0L\337"..., 
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=16304, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 12408, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) 
= 0xc6e000
mmap2(0xc70000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1) = 0xc70000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\332\227"..., 
512) = 512fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1487244, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 
0) = 0xb7fe0000
mmap2(NULL, 1205628, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 
0) = 0x111000
mmap2(0x232000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x121) = 0x232000
mmap2(0x235000, 9596, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x235000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libaudit.so.0", O_RDONLY)    = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0I|\000"..., 
512) = 512fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=64340, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 65796, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) 
= 0x5f2000
mmap2(0x601000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe) = 0x601000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 
0) = 0xb7fdf000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7fdf6b0, 
limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, 
limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0x232000, 8192, PROT_READ)     = 0
mprotect(0xc70000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
mprotect(0x70c000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
mprotect(0x33b000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
munmap(0xb7fe1000, 73207)               = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x890d000
brk(0x892e000)                          = 0x892e000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=54063712, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ddf000
close(3)                                = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0)         = 3
fcntl64(3, F_GETFL)                     = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR)
fcntl64(3, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)  = 0
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 
EACCES (Permission denied)
close(3)                                = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0)         = 3
fcntl64(3, F_GETFL)                     = 0x2 (flags O_RDWR)
fcntl64(3, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)  = 0
connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 
EACCES (Permission denied)
close(3)                                = 0
open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY)    = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1686, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 
0) = 0xb7ff2000
read(3, "#\n# /etc/nsswitch.conf\n#\n# An ex"..., 4096) = 1686
read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7ff2000, 4096)                = 0
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=73207, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 73207, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7fe1000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \33\0\000"..., 
512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=46660, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 41616, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) 
= 0x915000
mmap2(0x91e000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, 
MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x8) = 0x91e000
close(3)                                = 0
mprotect(0x91e000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
munmap(0xb7fe1000, 73207)               = 0
open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY)           = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2528, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 
0) = 0xb7ff2000
read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2528
read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7ff2000, 4096)                = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) 
= -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) 
= -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = 
-1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = 
-1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/coreutils.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 
ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, "su: ", 4)                     = 4
write(2, "user root does not exist", 24) = 24
write(2, "\n", 1)                       = 1
close(1)                                = 0
exit_group(1)                           = ?
Process 7097 detached




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