Kerberos and su to root

2011-04-01 Thread Chris Telting
and 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 what I'm trying

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: 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 requires root access. Any

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 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 sadly now i cant run or do anything

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

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 now i cant run or do anything

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 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 have done this an sadly now i cant run or do anything

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 requires root access. Any

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 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

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#

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 want

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 su

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 to root,

Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh?

2006-09-04 Thread Thomas
of the document explain this? I browsed the documentation and cannot find it From: Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: armstrong adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh? Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 14:19:18 +1200 On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 10:12:26AM

how can I su as root over telnet or ssh?

2006-09-03 Thread armstrong adam
hello every one! I have just installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE,but I cannot su as root by telnet or ssh,why this happen? FreeBSD is really safe maybe, How can I su as root from remote? thanks!! best regards!! ___ freebsd-questions

Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh?

2006-09-03 Thread Jeff Cross
armstrong adam wrote: hello every one! I have just installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE,but I cannot su as root by telnet or ssh,why this happen? FreeBSD is really safe maybe, How can I su as root from remote? thanks!! best regards

Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh?

2006-09-03 Thread armstrong adam
yes,the user logging on is in the wheel group, any suggestion is appreciated!! From: Jeff Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: armstrong adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh? Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 20:33:05 -0500 armstrong adam wrote: hello

Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh?

2006-09-03 Thread Jonathan Chen
On Mon, Sep 04, 2006 at 10:12:26AM +0800, armstrong adam wrote: yes,the user logging on is in the wheel group, You should add the user to `wheel' via /etc/group, and not via the login-group. -- Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh?

2006-09-03 Thread armstrong adam
It really woks!!thanks, but why this happen? which part of the document explain this? I browsed the documentation and cannot find it From: Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: armstrong adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how can I su as root over telnet or ssh? Date: Mon

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 something

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 attempt

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 # prompt

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

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

su from root

2005-02-26 Thread Doug Hardie
I have encountered an unusual issue where the behavior is different between FreeBSD 4.6 and 5.3. If I login and then su to root successfully, then do a su to a non-root user I get: pam_login_access: pam_sm_acct_mgmt: user-id is not allowed to log in on /dev/ttyv0 In chasing this down

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 ___ [EMAIL

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, Kevin Coles

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 wheel group in order to use su

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 perhaps? See here: http

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 password perhaps

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 my normal account. All I get is a message saying

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 you get

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

2002-07-17 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 ages

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 reference book.. Page 92 (Security) says I should

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 PROTECTED] Subject: su to root Importance