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On 2012-03-18 04:11, Bruce Hill, Jr. wrote: |
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> Am I eternally confused? |
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I have no idea... besides, eternity is a long time... ;-) |
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> su - change user ID or become superuser |
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> It's not _only_ to become root (maybe theoretically if you only have one |
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> normal user). On a true multiuser system you can su (switch user) to any |
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> user. |
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Yes, correct. Sorry if this was implied; I only talked about Dales |
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specific problem... |
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> Since _every_ computer I own or have _ever_ built has -pam globally, pam is |
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> not a requirement to use su ... is it? |
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Nope. Again, I was only trying to help Dale... If su is owned by |
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'root.root' (user.group) I assumed that it's execution was controlled by |
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something else since it otherwise should be owned by 'root.wheel' |
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(unless you're part of the 'root' group, which I don't think is |
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recommended). If you're not running pam then I assume your 'su' is owned |
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by 'root.wheel'? |
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Best regards |
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Peter K |
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