From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Dec 19 14:24:14 2004
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5256C16A4CE
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:24:14 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from cedant2.abac.com (cedant2.abac.com [66.175.0.3])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C33643D54
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:24:14 +0000 (GMT)
	(envelope-from bob@vesterman.com)
Received: from [192.168.0.11] (ool-44c40513.dyn.optonline.net [68.196.5.19])
	(authenticated bits=0)
	by cedant2.abac.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iBJEOARt064851
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Sun, 19 Dec 2004 06:24:13 -0800 (PST)
	(envelope-from bob@vesterman.com)
Message-ID: <41C591FF.6020209@vesterman.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 09:36:47 -0500
From: Robert William Vesterman <bob@vesterman.com>
User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206)
X-Accept-Language: en-us, en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
References: <41C45B5C.9030307@vesterman.com>
	<19861fba0412181014a473951@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <19861fba0412181014a473951@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.44
Subject: Re: X kills su
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>,
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 14:24:14 -0000

J65nko BSD wrote:

>On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 11:31:24 -0500, Robert William Vesterman
><bob@vesterman.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>After I exit from X windows, I no longer have the ability to su (to
>>root, at least).  It doesn't even ask for my password - it just
>>immediately says "bad su from myacct to root".
>>
>>If I then "exit", and immediately log back in as myacct, I am able to su
>>to root no problem.
>>
>>I am running 5.3-STABLE, and the latest X (or very, very near it).  It
>>happens with at least two distinct WMs (Window Maker and Fluxbox).
>>
>>Any idea? Or any further information I can provide?
>>    
>>
>Did you change your root shell recently?
>
>Somebody on the list reported about the systems inability to run ppp
>from boot-up. His problem was caused by using bash as the root shell.
>Restoring "sh" as the root shell fixed it :)
>
I did change it recently (to ksh93), but changing it back to /bin/sh did 
not help.  Thanks, though.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,

Bob Vesterman.