Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:18:37
Message-Id: 4B54FA48.8040907@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su by walt
1 walt wrote:
2 > Can I trouble you folks to do this ten-second test and report your
3 > results?
4 >
5 > As an ordinary user, type 'su' at a bash prompt. Now, where you
6 > would normally type your root password, just type Ctrl-d instead.
7 >
8 > What do you see? (I'm ruling out evil spirits here, so please bear
9 > with me ;)
10 >
11 > Thanks for your help.
12 >
13
14 Being my sometimes helpful self. lol
15
16 Password:
17 su: Authentication information cannot be recovered
18
19
20 That normal I guess?
21
22 Dale
23
24 :-) :-)

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Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>