Kerberos and su to root

2011-04-01 Thread Chris Telting
then su to root when I get there. (Forget about sudo, I am administering these boxes and don't want to type sudo for every single command, it's not a user machine). From what I understand of Kerberos I would need change identity and type a password every time I ksu which is wha

Re: cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread Wojciech Puchar
When i try to su to root from konsole within kde it tells me.. $ su su: Sorry i got a feeling when i added my user client to operators group this may have to wheel group done this an sadly now i cant run or do anything that requires root access. Any thoughts

Re: cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread Vasile Cristescu
Hello, Your username needs to be in wheel group. > When i try to su to root from konsole within kde it tells me.. > > $ su > su: Sorry > > i got a feeling when i added my user client to operators group this may > have done this an sadly now i cant run or do anything that r

Re: cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread Dez Accid
Warren Liddell wrote: When i try to su to root from konsole within kde it tells me.. $ su su: Sorry i got a feeling when i added my user client to operators group this may have done this an sadly now i cant run or do anything that requires root access. Your user needs to be in wheel group

Re: cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread Warren Liddell
On Tuesday 01 July 2008 20:53:36 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Warren Liddell wrote: > > When i try to su to root from konsole within kde it tells me.. > > > > $ su > > su: Sorry > > > > i got a feeling when i added my user client to operators group this may >

Re: cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Warren Liddell wrote: When i try to su to root from konsole within kde it tells me.. $ su su: Sorry i got a feeling when i added my user client to operators group this may have done this an sadly now i cant run or do anything that requires root access. Any thoughts? Maybe you added

Re: cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread cpghost
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:43:21 +1000 Warren Liddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When i try to su to root from konsole within kde it tells me.. > > $ su > su: Sorry > > i got a feeling when i added my user client to operators group this > may have done this an sadly no

RE: cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread Marcel Grandemange
It should have been added to the wheel group if you wanted to su from it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren Liddell Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:43 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: cant su to root When i try to su to

Re: cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread Patrick Lamaizière
Le Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:43:21 +1000, Warren Liddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : Hi, > When i try to su to root from konsole within kde it tells me.. > > $ su > su: Sorry > > i got a feeling when i added my user client to operators group this > may have done this an

Re: cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread Peter Boosten
Warren Liddell wrote: When i try to su to root from konsole within kde it tells me.. $ su su: Sorry i got a feeling when i added my user client to operators group this may have done this an sadly now i cant run or do anything that requires root access. Any thoughts? wheel group

Re: cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Tuesday 01 July 2008, Warren Liddell said: > When i try to su to root from konsole within kde it tells me.. > > $ su > su: Sorry > > i got a feeling when i added my user client to operators group this > may have done this an sadly now i cant run or do anything that &

cant su to root

2008-07-01 Thread Warren Liddell
When i try to su to root from konsole within kde it tells me.. $ su su: Sorry i got a feeling when i added my user client to operators group this may have done this an sadly now i cant run or do anything that requires root access. Any thoughts

Re: su to root denied?

2006-12-06 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 09:08:18PM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On December 6, 2006 9:42:41 PM -0500 Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:52:50PM -0600, john Mish III wrote: > >>I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root > >>or

Re: su to root denied?

2006-12-06 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On December 6, 2006 9:42:41 PM -0500 Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:52:50PM -0600, john Mish III wrote: I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root or to root, and I don't know why. $ su su: not running setuid Somehow your s

Re: su to root denied?

2006-12-06 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:52:50PM -0600, john Mish III wrote: > I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root or > to root, and I don't know why. > $ su > su: not running setuid Somehow your su application lost its setuid bit. Instead of blinding chmodding it you may w

su to root denied?

2006-12-06 Thread john Mish III
I get this error message when I try to su to anything, either from root or to root, and I don't know why. $ su su: not running setuid Is there a config file that should be set..or what. This is preventing me from starting up some applications, even as root! ext57# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-se

Re: su to root not prompting for a password

2006-04-17 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Apr 17), James Riendeau said: > Thanks! I didn't think it was so simple, and I feel like a lunkhead > for not thinking of that. I'm accustomed to being prompted for the > user's password when I run su, even if it is blank (I've been > spending way too much time on Mac OS X, I

Re: su to root not prompting for a password

2006-04-17 Thread James Riendeau
Thanks! I didn't think it was so simple, and I feel like a lunkhead for not thinking of that. I'm accustomed to being prompted for the user's password when I run su, even if it is blank (I've been spending way too much time on Mac OS X, I guess). I must have clobbered only the root pass

RE: su to root not prompting for a password

2006-04-17 Thread Petersen
On Monday, April 17, 2006 5:45 PM James Riendeau wrote: > > I upgraded to 6.1 RC-1 from 5.4, and when I su to root, it's not > prompting for a password. I created a new account, and it does the > same thing there. If the user is in the wheel group, it > drops to the

Re: su to root not prompting for a password

2006-04-17 Thread Glenn Dawson
At 09:45 AM 4/17/2006, James Riendeau wrote: I upgraded to 6.1 RC-1 from 5.4, and when I su to root, it's not prompting for a password. I created a new account, and it does the same thing there. If the user is in the wheel group, it drops to the # prompt. If not, it echos the BAD SU at

su to root not prompting for a password

2006-04-17 Thread James Riendeau
I upgraded to 6.1 RC-1 from 5.4, and when I su to root, it's not prompting for a password. I created a new account, and it does the same thing there. If the user is in the wheel group, it drops to the # prompt. If not, it echos the BAD SU attempt error message. I think it has some

Re: Su to Root

2004-03-20 Thread Jez Hancock
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 07:42:17PM +0100, Remko Lodder wrote: > Jez Hancock wrote: > > >On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Kevin Coles wrote: > > > >>I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem > >>to su to root while using m

Re: Su to Root

2004-03-20 Thread Remko Lodder
Jez Hancock wrote: On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Kevin Coles wrote: I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem to su to root while using my normal account. All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help? Try resetting the root passwo

Re: Su to Root

2004-03-20 Thread Jez Hancock
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Kevin Coles wrote: > I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem > to su to root while using my normal account. > All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help? Try resetting the root password perhap

Re: Su to Root

2004-03-20 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 12:37:37PM -0500, Kevin Coles wrote: > I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem > to su to root while using my normal account. > All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help? You need to be a member of the whee

Re: Su to Root

2004-03-20 Thread Remko Lodder
Kevin Coles wrote: Hello everyone, I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem to su to root while using my normal account. All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, K

Su to Root

2004-03-20 Thread Kevin Coles
Hello everyone, I am using freebsd 5.2, which I have installed recently. I cannot seem to su to root while using my normal account. All I get is a message saying "Sorry." Can anyone help? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Kevin Coles

Re: su to root

2002-07-18 Thread Brian T . Schellenberger
On Thursday 18 July 2002 11:06 am, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: | IMHO, "op" is far superior to "sudo." Hmm . . . come to think of it, that's a little terse. "op" is easy to configure, and it allows you give access to people not to certain commands but to certain commands *only* with certain

Re: su to root

2002-07-18 Thread Brian T . Schellenberger
IMHO, "op" is far superior to "sudo." On Wednesday 17 July 2002 03:04 pm, Tom Limoncelli wrote: | "Balaji, Pavan" wrote: | > I wonder what exactly this means. I don't remember seeing any option for | > creating/not-creating the wheel group while installation. | | It means "Install 'sudo' so that

Re: su to root

2002-07-17 Thread Tom Limoncelli
Roman Neuhauser wrote: > so you audited sudo, and found its source ok? > http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=sudo+security+vulnerability It's better than a sharp stick in the eye. --tal To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of

Re: su to root

2002-07-17 Thread Roman Neuhauser
> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 15:04:25 -0400 > From: Tom Limoncelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: su to root > > "Balaji, Pavan" wrote: > > > I wonder what exactly this means. I don't remember seeing any option for

Re: su to root

2002-07-17 Thread Tom Limoncelli
"Balaji, Pavan" wrote: > I wonder what exactly this means. I don't remember seeing any option for > creating/not-creating the wheel group while installation. It means "Install 'sudo' so that you get tighter control over who can do what, and much better logging." :-) I've known about sudo for a

RE: su to root

2002-07-16 Thread Balaji, Pavan
ot;Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect... It just means that you have decided to see beyond the imperfections" -- Rash > -Original Message- > From: Roman Neuhauser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 9:55 AM > To: Gavin > Cc:

Re: su to root

2002-07-16 Thread Roman Neuhauser
> From: Gavin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: su to root > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 18:10:09 +0900 > > I've just installed FreeBSD 4.5, and using some of my linux knowledge, > I've tried to "su" to root from my user account, I&

Re: su to root

2002-07-16 Thread Mike Galvez
On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 06:10:09PM +0900, Gavin wrote: > I've just installed FreeBSD 4.5, and using some of my linux knowledge, I've > tried to "su" to root from my user account, I've checked the online book and > I cant seem to find anything about su-ing

Re: su to root

2002-07-16 Thread Brendan McAlpine
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: su to root > > I've just installed FreeBSD 4.5, and using some of my linux knowledge, I've > tried to "su" to root from my user account, I've checked the online book and > I cant seem to find anything about su-ing... I'

RE: su to root

2002-07-16 Thread Marius Kirschner
The user needs to be part of the group "wheel" in order to have access to su. ---Marius > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Gavin > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 5:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECT

su to root

2002-07-16 Thread Gavin
I've just installed FreeBSD 4.5, and using some of my linux knowledge, I've tried to "su" to root from my user account, I've checked the online book and I cant seem to find anything about su-ing... I'm also using "Unix hints and HACKS" as my first re