Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 21:42:41 -0500 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: john Mish III <jmanfffreak@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: su to root denied? Message-ID: <20061207024240.GA75975@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY115-F332E6015760CD2256C6958BCDC0@phx.gbl> References: <BAY115-F332E6015760CD2256C6958BCDC0@phx.gbl>
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--oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 o= r=20 > 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 to be careful and replace it with a known good binary in case someone overwrote it somehow. Kris --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFd3+gWry0BWjoQKURAsMLAJ9ZtRb1MYYGmh6R7M+L+DVfd5JvNQCfbGrW RdMuw7leMc5uLPu5dmloK0c= =/g+l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI--
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