> any other ideas on login or su? As 'root', do: chmod +4111 /path/to/su
If 'su' isn't run suid, then most likely /etc/shadow isn't being read because 'su' is running as your non-root user. -- ~Lynn Avants Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall Developer ----------------- ok, i tried chmod, still get the password incorrect reply from su. the output of "ls -l" of su didn't change after chmod. it is and was: ls -l -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 9504 May 17 18:24 this is what I see when logged in as the user (not root). if i read it correctly (without consulting my book), i think it should be executable by anybody, and is. is there something that needs to be done to /etc/shadow? i really don't know this stuff, just grasping. i noticed that with "ls -l" /etc/shadow looks like: -rw------- 1 root shadow 774 May 17 18:27 so i tried "chmod +x" but still got the same password error. then i thaught, it doesn't need world exec it needs world read. so i did "chmod +r" on shadow, and now "ls -l" gives: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root shadow 744 May 17 18:27 then, i logged out and back in as the user, and when i tried "su" and entered the password, it said: su: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted so, it looks like the password incorrect issue was that /etc/shadows was not readable by su when run in the users shell (is this a correct interpetation?) now, it appears the password is read and validates with su, but i get this new error. any ideas? thanks - ted ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: eBay Get office equipment for less on eBay! http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/711-11697-6916-5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
