again, i would like to thank everyone for their input. yes, the su binary comes from (i think) the Dach distribution. there is not a problem with path. the command does execute when it resides in /usr/local/bin.
in fact, if i log in as root, i can su to root (no password required), and i do get a root shell, within the outer root shell. certainly, this is not a problem related to lshd or sshd (i was merely tagging this question to the end of the previous one). the issue seems to be with password authetication, as was mentioned in a prior reply. is there anything i can do to fix this? or, what other information can i provide to help with diagnosis of the problem? i am currently running bering 1.0. thanks - ted On Wed, 28 May 2003 09:32:43 -0500 Lynn Avants wrote: > On Wednesday 28 May 2003 10:02 am, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > Lynn -- I didn't comment initially, because I'm not sure of what > I'm about > > to say. But on other systems I've used, this problem arises when su > is not > > properly set up to use PAM password processing. Hence, every possible > > password (including the right one) reads as incorrect. > > Dach doesn't use PAM, and the passwd system is the same with Bering in the > cases I've been through. Su should be compatible. > > [...] > > Normally, disabling root logins in regular sshd does NOT prevent > use of su. > > (I routinely set up sshd this way on my servers.) I'd be surprised > if lsh > > is different here ... but once more, I cannot be certain. > > Allright, I wasn't sure about this. > I would suppose there could be a permission or path error instead. > It will be really difficult to know what is wrong w/o havin direct access > to the box, but not much *could* be wrong with simply adding a single > binary. > -- > ~Lynn Avants > Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall Developer > http://leaf.sourceforge.net > http://guitarlynn.homelinux.org:81 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. > If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a > relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. > Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
