Am Sonntag, 14. September 2008 06:27:05 schrieb Michael Sullivan:
> I can ssh over to the old box now, but my su command doesn't work:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ su -
> su: Authentication failure
>
> >From /var/log/messages:
>
> Sep 13 23:23:07 bullet sshd[24134]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session
> opened for user michael by (uid=0)
> Sep 13 23:23:10 bullet su[24142]: FAILED su for root by michael
> Sep 13 23:23:10 bullet su[24142]: - pts/1 michael:root
>
> At first, I thought I might not be in the wheel group, so I checked:
>
> bullet log # grep wheel /etc/group
> wheel:x:10:root,michael,amy
>
> What have I done wrong this time?

Forgot to comment/uncomment the appropriate lines in /etc/pam.d/su?

HTH...

        Dirk

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