James Carlson wrote: > mattie writes: >> I have sudo running on all 6 boxes. But I want it to be optional. On 5 of >> them, I *can* "su -" just fine from other users (of course having to know >> root's password). On the other, I *have* to use "sudo su -" to get to root!! >> It's driving me crazy. > > Are you sure you know the right root password? The symptoms sound > like not having the right password. (Using sudo to set root's > password might settle the matter.) > > Other things to check: > > - What's in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow for root? Does it differ > from the other machines? (Is the account locked ... ?) > > - What's in /etc/security/policy.conf, /etc/user_attr, and > /etc/nsswitch.conf?
and is sudo using PAM so what is in /etc/pam.conf for the 'sudo', 'su' s ervices or the 'other' service if there isn't one for them. -- Darren J Moffat
