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Date:      Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:41:15 +0100
From:      Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        Ivan Voras <ivoras@fer.hr>
Subject:   Re: cannot su?
Message-ID:  <200501161541.19290.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <41E9B02B.5070602@fer.hr>
References:  <41E9B02B.5070602@fer.hr>

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On Sunday, 16. January 2005 01:07, Ivan Voras wrote:
> What could be the reasons for "su root" to not work?
>
> I have a user that's in wheel group. Logging in as root works on the
> console, but su-ing from the user just writes 'Sorry', like the
> password's wrong. There are no clues in log files.

Make sure /usr/sbin/su is suid root (and /usr isn't mounted nosuid).

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