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On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 08:47 -0500, J. W. Ballantine wrote:
> There is no error message, if I'm recalling correctly it just says Sorry
> and returns to the prompt.  Logging off and then on fixes the problem.

This can occur for one of three things.  Check syslog at the time the su
fails, and send the error you see there.

Joe

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