Re: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect

2013-08-06 Thread William Harrington
On Aug 3, 2013, at 8:45, Parmenides wrote: > weedly [ ~ ]$ su root > Password: > Sorry. Use strace when running su. It will let you get an idea of the problem. Sincerely, William Harrington -- http://l

Re: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect

2013-08-06 Thread thorsten
Am 08/03/13 15:45, schrieb Parmenides: > I am so sorry for previous two messages that gum up the works. :-) This > is the whole messag: > > I am using LFS 6.3 without PAM installed. I have create a normal user > 'weedly', and log in with 'weedly'. I want to change to 'root'. Then, I > used >

Re: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect

2013-08-05 Thread akhiezer
> From: "parmenides" > Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 02:40:05 +0800 > Subject: Re: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect > > > >> > Do you have the parameter 'SU_WHEEL_ONLY' set in /etc/login.defs ? If > >> > so, to > &

Re: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect

2013-08-05 Thread parmenides
>> > Do you have the parameter 'SU_WHEEL_ONLY' set in /etc/login.defs ? If so, >> > to >> > what value? >> >> Yes, but I think it does not matter, because I can not switch from a normal >> user to another normal user yet. >> In fact, I wonder why 'su' can not do what it should do - just switch

Re: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect

2013-08-05 Thread akhiezer
> From: "parmenides" > Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 01:53:10 +0800 > Subject: Re: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect > > - Original Message - > From: "akhiezer" > To: "LFS Support List" > Sent: Saturday, August 03,

Re: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect

2013-08-05 Thread parmenides
- Original Message - From: "akhiezer" To: "LFS Support List" Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect > > Ignore PAM just now (or indeed forever); 'su -' should work o

Re: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect

2013-08-03 Thread akhiezer
> Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 21:45:12 +0800 > From: Parmenides > Subject: [lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect > > I am so sorry for previous two messages that gum up the works. :-) This is > the whole messag: > > I am using LFS 6.3 without PAM inst

[lfs-support] 'su' command does not take effect

2013-08-03 Thread Parmenides
I am so sorry for previous two messages that gum up the works. :-) This is the whole messag: I am using LFS 6.3 without PAM installed. I have create a normal user 'weedly', and log in with 'weedly'. I want to change to 'root'. Then, I used su root and get the follow

[lfs-support] su command does not take effect

2013-08-03 Thread Parmenides
Hi, I am using LFS 6.3 without PAM installed. I have create a normal user 'weedly', and log in with 'weedly'. I want to change to 'root'. Then, I used su root and get the following message: weedly [ ~ ]$ su root Password: Sorry. -