[indiana-discuss] Problem with 'su'?

[Shawn Walker]

On Feb 8, 2008 4:09 PM, Kyle McDonald <KMcDonald at egenera.com> 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?

root is a role in Indiana by default; not a user

"pfexec bash" -- for example; will essentially give you "root"
privileges in a new instance of bash.

As for your specific issue, it is hard to tell without seeing exactly
what you were doing.

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Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
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