Hi
This question was posed some months back and this was the solution given by
Civileme.
Open a terminal
$ su
password:(type the root password)
# kedit /etc/security/limits.conf
last line--change to something like 4000000000
save
quit
When implementing Bastille, it is important to read as you go
and do it step-by-step. Bastille is a great teaching tool for
security if you interact with it, but is not so hot at
preconfigured settings.
Amien Salie
In The Spirit of GNU/Linux
Registered Linux User #172465
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On Friday 10 August 2001 02:00, jennifer wrote:
> I just ran into this same problem. While I see that the C+A+F1-4 keys will
> work log in as root, it is inconvenient to not be able to browse through X.
>
> If there is no work around to be able to log in as root via X and use X,
> would anybody know what setting I choose in InteractiveBastille to revert
> this security feature?
>
> On Monday 06 August 2001 06:44, etharp wrote:
> > While I do not have the correction (execpt running InteractiveBastille
> > again) I can assure you that was the cause. It is considered a security
> > enhancement. now when I need to be root, I Ctrl+Alt+f4, login, and do
> > what I need to then Ctrl+Alt+f7, back into my Xwindows session
> >
> > On Monday 06 August 2001 00:50, Hugh Cecil wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > I've been using Mandrake 8.0 for a few months and enjoy it very much.
> > >
> > > However, today I find I cannot su to root anymore from a user account.
> > > In a terminal I su, type in root password, and get this:
> > > [user@localhost user]$ su
> > > Password:
> > > File Size Limit exceeded
> > > [user@localhost user]$
> > >
> > > Similarly, when I try KDE su in File Manager (Super User Mode) I get an
> > > alert box which says:
> > > Conversation with su failed
> > >
> > > My security level has always been set at 3. I did recently have a play
> > > with InteractiveBastille, but I'm not sure whether that caused it.
> > >
> > > Any enlightenment appreciated.
