Hi
The manpage for su explains it.
PAM is used to set the policy su(1) will use. In particular, by
default
only users in the ``wheel'' group can switch to UID 0 (``root'').
Cheers,
Thomas
armstrong adam schrieb:
> It really woks!!thanks,
> but why this happen?
> which part of the document explain this?
> I browsed the documentation and cannot find it
>
>
>> From: Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: armstrong adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh?
>> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:19:18 +1200
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 10:12:26AM +0800, armstrong adam wrote:
>> > yes,the user logging on is in the wheel group,
>>
>> You should add the user to `wheel' via /etc/group, and not via
>> the login-group.
>> --
>> Jonathan Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "Beer. Now there's a temporary solution."
>> - Homer Simpson
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