Re: [newbie] Cannot su
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.
Re: [newbie] Cannot su
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 40 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 Register @ http://counter.li.org/ 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.
Re: [newbie] Cannot su
Hugh, This sounds as if you have user or disk quotas enabled, and have exceeded one of the hard limits. As root, open linuxconf, config--File Systems -- Disk Quotas. Either relax them (ie, increase the default values) or disable disk quotas. Also check to make sure that your drive(s) aren't full. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 04:50 AM 08/06/2001 +, 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.
