From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Mar 21 8:35: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from stsws5.die.supsi.ch (stsws5.die.supsi.ch [193.5.154.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D8E37B723 for ; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:34:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nunnari@die.supsi.ch) Received: from die.supsi.ch (pcm2022.die.supsi.ch [193.5.152.22]) by stsws5.die.supsi.ch (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA25942; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:24:22 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <3AB8D840.8C3D0E7F@die.supsi.ch> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:35:12 +0100 From: Roberto Nunnari X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Larry Librettez Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.3-BETA: cannot su root in console window in X References: <20010321004845.17826.qmail@web13205.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I upgraded to 4.3-BETA a few days ago and it works just fine. I have XFree86-4 and can su from a regular term as well as from an xterm. If it wasn't for the fact that you can su from a regularm term I would point out that a user in order to su root has to be in group weel. But as you can su root from a regular term I have no clue... sorry. Larry Librettez wrote: > > After upgrading to 4.3-BETA, I now cannot do an su > root login in a console window (xterm, rxvt) while in > X. I did make buildworld, make installworld, built > the new kernel and installed it, did mergemaster, and > MAKEDEV on all my devices. I tried adding 'secure' to > /etc/ttys after the ttyp* entries, even tried chmod > 666 the /dev/ttyp* entries, and nothing works. I even > re-made the /dev/ttyp* devices specifically. I > cvsup'd on 3 different days from 3 different sites, > and the problem still occurs. I verified my root > password by typing it in the console (in X) to ensure > the characters come out correctly, and they do. The > strange thing is, I can su to root in a regular > console out of X windows, but when I go into X, I > cannot su to root. > > Is this a bug? Is this a DoS? Is this a kernel > problem? > > Also, as an experiment I compiled and installed the > older kernel (4.2-STABLE) but left the 4.3-BETA > userland in place, and guess what . . . the problem > went away. I was able to su to root in X, in both > rxvt and xterm! > > So what's the problem here with 4.3-BETA? Can anyone > help me? > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- Roberto Nunnari -software engineer- mailto:nunnari@die.supsi.ch Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana Dipartimento di Informatica e Elettronica http://www.die.supsi.ch SUPSI-DIE Via Cantonale tel: +41-91-6108557 6928 Manno """ Switzerland (o o) =======================oOO==(_)==OOo======================== MY OPINIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF MY EMPLOYER To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message