From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 14 9:26:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.fc.edu (ns.fc.edu [194.29.1.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3034114CEF for ; Fri, 14 May 1999 09:26:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dmr@fc.edu) Received: from ultimate (ultimate.fc.edu [194.29.1.32]) by ns.fc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA20337 for ; Fri, 14 May 1999 18:26:25 +0200 Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19990514182056.0069d830@mailhost.fc.edu> X-Sender: dmr@mailhost.fc.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 18:20:56 +0200 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "David M. Redmond" Subject: problems with su command Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have a question to which I cannot seem to find the answer anywhere... I have inherited a FreeBSD 2.1.0 (GENERIC) #0 UNIX box. It has been running fine for a long time (since 1995). The problem is that I can login as root on the server console, but nowhere else. I cannot login as root through telnet nor can I login as another user and su to root. It simply says Sorry. This would not be a problem except that since I have to do all root operations from the console, 1) I must be at the server and 2) I have to keep putting up with console messages that are displayed. If someone could tell me what permissions and/or configuration files need to be examined, I would be very appreciative. Thanks (in advance). Mr. D. M. Redmond To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message