Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Allan Gottlieb <gottlieb@×××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:14:25
Message-Id: yu94omj83j0.fsf@nyu.edu
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su by walt
1 At Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:07:21 -0800 walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote:
2
3 > Can I trouble you folks to do this ten-second test and report your
4 > results?
5 >
6 > As an ordinary user, type 'su' at a bash prompt. Now, where you
7 > would normally type your root password, just type Ctrl-d instead.
8 >
9 > What do you see? (I'm ruling out evil spirits here, so please bear
10 > with me ;)
11 >
12 > Thanks for your help.
13
14 Looks good here.
15 allan
16
17 gottlieb@allan ~ $ su
18 Password:
19 su: Authentication information cannot be recovered
20 gottlieb@allan ~ $

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Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su Zeerak Waseem <zeerak.w@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>