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Michael Sullivan wrote: |
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> I can ssh over to the old box now, but my su command doesn't work: |
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> michael@bullet ~ $ su - |
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> su: Authentication failure |
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>> From /var/log/messages: |
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> Sep 13 23:23:07 bullet sshd[24134]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session |
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> opened for user michael by (uid=0) |
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> Sep 13 23:23:10 bullet su[24142]: FAILED su for root by michael |
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> Sep 13 23:23:10 bullet su[24142]: - pts/1 michael:root |
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> At first, I thought I might not be in the wheel group, so I checked: |
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> bullet log # grep wheel /etc/group |
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> wheel:x:10:root,michael,amy |
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> What have I done wrong this time? (I know somebody's going to gripe at |
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> me about using the root account this way; don't bother. There are far |
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> too many tasks I do every day that require root privileges to configure |
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> them all for sudo...) |
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does "sudo su -" work? A bit round-about but if su works from sudo, |
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then it probably isn't a pam issue... |
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And as much as you might like sudo, sometimes it just ain't suitable. |
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eg: |
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sudo echo performance > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq |
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scaling_governor |
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won't work because the redirection is done as the user :) |
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Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> |
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I have a friend whose a billionaire. He invented Cliff's notes. When |
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I asked him how he got such a great idea he said, "Well first I... |
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I just... to make a long story short..." |
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-- Steven Wright |
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