--- Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>I thought reinstalling shadow had put everything right, but there are >>still hiccups. For example, although I can now su again --that is, it >>now >>recognises the password-- if I give the wrong password I still get >>just 'sorry'. > >I presume you mean "Sorry." This is not a quibble; it is an example of >the >kind of thing (a capitalization difference, and a missing period) you >look >for to spot a (clumsy) trojan. But whether your result matches what >Richard >and I expect matters less than whether it has changed from what it used >to >do (or, if you don't remember, what a similar Slackware system normally >does). Linux systems do vary in their details, and I don't run >Slackware >here, so expecting my responses to match yours *exactly* is too much to >ask >... certainly not a justification for reinstalling the OS.
I am currently usung Slackware 9.0, and on my (I'm pretty sure) uncomprommised system a su failure only outputs "Sorry." So I think that this is normal for Slackware. My brother is having a vaguely similar problem to this, but he is unable to sign in as any non-root user, either through normal login, su, or anything else. I don't remember all of the details, and he refuses to stop playing games (under M$ Windows :( ), so I can't really ask for much help. Once I can get the details from him, I'll start a new thread. Thank's in advance, Conway S. Smith ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
