RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005, maxim wexler wrote: Useradd doesn't set the password - you must run passwd after adding the account. doesn't work What passwd did you change? -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
emerge superadduser its a lot more thorough than useradd same problem even after userdel'ing the previous users. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
What passwd did you change? arrgh! the _user's_ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, maxim wexler wrote: no, I used #useradd to create a user. So when it boots and stops at tux login: I can enter my username and then the user passwd and get the blue and yellow prompt ending in $. From there if I su I get the error. Useradd doesn't set the password - you must run passwd after adding the account. -- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 11:51 -0500, A. Khattri wrote: On Thu, 24 Mar 2005, maxim wexler wrote: no, I used #useradd to create a user. So when it boots and stops at tux login: I can enter my username and then the user passwd and get the blue and yellow prompt ending in $. From there if I su I get the error. Useradd doesn't set the password - you must run passwd after adding the account. emerge superadduser its a lot more thorough than useradd -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
Useradd doesn't set the password - you must run passwd after adding the account. doesn't work __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 19:24 -0800, maxim wexler wrote: Can you log in as the user at all? Or are you trying only from su? only from su...don't know what this means. After boot I login as user or root. If, as user, I enter su, I get error, acct expired. Am I missing something, some gentoo-specific method here? When I ran slack or redhat I would su as user($), enter a password, and be presented with a root prompt(#) on the next line with all the privileges of root at my disposal. Are there any messages in /var/log/messages (or your equivalent) that might apply? almost positive, no. run it through strace and see what is happening. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
Can you log in as the user at all? Or are you trying only from su? only from su... You should try to log in as the user specifically to ensure that the login is not expired. don't know what this means. After boot I login as user or root. If, as user, I enter su, I get error, acct expired. Am I missing something, some gentoo-specific method here? When I ran slack or redhat I would su as user($), enter a password, and be presented with a root prompt(#) on the next line with all the privileges of root at my disposal. Now I'm wondering what you're trying to do. Are you trying to su to a user or su to root? If root, then it's more serious because root is never supposed to expire. Are there any messages in /var/log/messages (or your equivalent) that might apply? almost positive, no. Hmm, I get all kinds of messages for login failures; it's the only way to handle auditing... -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
Now I'm wondering what you're trying to do. Are you trying to su to a user ??? in user - root, like I said!! If I'm already root where on earth could I su to? or why? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Sign up for Fantasy Baseball. http://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 07:27:06AM -0800, maxim wexler wrote: Now I'm wondering what you're trying to do. Are you trying to su to a user ??? in user - root, like I said!! If I'm already root where on earth could I su to? or why? It is not uncommon to have users with an unknown/unset password - on purpose. postgres is a common example. The most convenient way to work as one of those users is to log in as root and then, e.g., 'su - postgres'. Which doesn't solve your problem, but answers the question at hand. --j signature.asc Description: Digital signature
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
Now I'm wondering what you're trying to do. Are you trying to su to a user ??? in user - root, like I said!! If I'm already root where on earth could I su to? or why? Su is just that - switch user. I do it frequently from root to another user, i.e. I want to test some changes that I made as root and want to see what effect it has at a specific user/group level. But that's neither here nor there. I guess that you're saying when you do: [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ su with no user, that's when you're getting the expired message, right? Su has a couple of components that could possibly be interfering with the process. The first is pam; the file in /etc/pam.d/su has some doco that plays a part and also speaks of other files that could also have some effect. You might want to check into those and ensure that the settings are valid for what you are trying to do. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
Did you add the user to group weel ? That fix the 'su' poblem for me. in /etc/group: wheel:x:10:root,usr name Dave Nebinger wrote: Now I'm wondering what you're trying to do. Are you trying to su to a user ??? in user - root, like I said!! If I'm already root where on earth could I su to? or why? Su is just that - switch user. I do it frequently from root to another user, i.e. I want to test some changes that I made as root and want to see what effect it has at a specific user/group level. But that's neither here nor there. I guess that you're saying when you do: [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ su with no user, that's when you're getting the expired message, right? Su has a couple of components that could possibly be interfering with the process. The first is pam; the file in /etc/pam.d/su has some doco that plays a part and also speaks of other files that could also have some effect. You might want to check into those and ensure that the settings are valid for what you are trying to do. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- ___ Stanislaw Jesmanowicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 07:27:06 -0800 (PST), maxim wexler wrote: If I'm already root where on earth could I su to? or why? Any other user. su stands for switch user not superuser. -- Neil Bothwick The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. pgpLZmobP3C2V.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
Su is just that - switch user. I do it frequently my bad, thought it stood for super-user, ie root. [EMAIL PROTECTED] $ su with no user, that's when you're getting the expired message, right? no, I used #useradd to create a user. So when it boots and stops at tux login: I can enter my username and then the user passwd and get the blue and yellow prompt ending in $. From there if I su I get the error. Su has a couple of components that could possibly be interfering with the process. The first is pam; the file in /etc/pam.d/su has some doco that plays a part and also speaks of other files that could also have some effect. You might want to check into those and ensure that the settings are valid for what you are trying to do. could be. Here's the appropriate lines in the log: Mar 24 21:10:45 [login(pam_unix)] session opened for user bobolink by (uid=0) Mar 24 21:10:47 [su] pam_acct_mgmt: User account has expired thanx -mw __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
RE: [gentoo-user] one more su problem
please post each message obnce and once only - check your To: and cc: fields BEFORE you press send - please! On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 21:17 -0800, maxim wexler wrote: (the same message twice) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
