Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:45:21 -0500 From: James Riendeau <jtriende@wisc.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: su to root not prompting for a password Message-ID: <4D97E3A0-1416-4166-B9A4-EDDEAA858973@wisc.edu>
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I upgraded to 6.1 RC-1 from 5.4, and when I su to root, it's not prompting for a password. I created a new account, and it does the same thing there. If the user is in the wheel group, it drops to the # prompt. If not, it echos the BAD SU attempt error message. I think it has something to do with PAM, but the documentation is not exactly written for those of us who don't have MS/Ph.D.'s in computer science. Does anyone know how to fix this? I thought I followed all the directions in /usr/src/UPDATING, but I must have done something wrong, probably while using mergemaster. My apologies if this has already been asked, but the search function on lists.freebsd.org won't let me access other search result pages beyond the first, and google didn't help. Many thanks, James Riendeau MMI Computer Support Technician 1300 University Ave Rm. 436, Dept. of MedMicro Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 262-3351 After-hours Phone: (608) 260-2696 Fax: (608) 262-8418 Email: jtriende@wisc.edu
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