Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 17:35:12 +0100 From: Roberto Nunnari <nunnari@die.supsi.ch> To: Larry Librettez <lipshitz909@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 4.3-BETA: cannot su root in console window in X Message-ID: <3AB8D840.8C3D0E7F@die.supsi.ch> References: <20010321004845.17826.qmail@web13205.mail.yahoo.com>
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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
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