[indiana-discuss] Problem with 'su'?

[Kyle McDonald]

Kyle McDonald wrote:
> I'm using indiana p2rc1 on my machine. Just installed it on the hard disk.
>
> I was able to su to root twice, but further attempts recieved the message:
>
> su: Sorry
>
> Without even prompting for the password?
> The console was full of failed su attempts also.
>
> Why didn't it even ask for the password?
>
>   
It gets worse.

I logged out. The login screen returned, and a window popped up saying 
'authentication failed'.
No matter how many times I hit 'OK' the popup returns, and I can't enter 
a username or password.
This came up *before* I could enter a username or password even the 
first time.

I rebooted the machine, and the login screen is doing the same thing.

What happenned?

the 2 times I did su to root, all I did was create directories in 
/export, and run chown on them.
I exited from su the last time tried to mvoe files in to one, and 
realized I forgot the chown, and went to su again, and that's when this 
all started.

I didn't muck with anything in /etc/ or any system files.

What's going on here?


  -Kyle