Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Donn Washburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> After a very clean compile on a SuSE 9.0 box of coreutils 5.2.1.
>> I modified the directories only for "make install".  From Xwindows
>> "su" request the root passwd.  If I suppy it I get
>>
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/media/hdb2/xap> su
>> Password: <correct password typed in><ENT>
>> su: incorrect password
>
> Most likely SuSE has a password implementation that coreutils "su"
> doesn't understand.

I can't reproduce that.  Using the su command from the vanilla source Just
Works.  Most likely the password wasn't really correct.

Andreas.

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