Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:05:11 -0400 From: Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Fwd: su - does not ask for password Message-ID: <d9d7f5a0510141105t7331d386i73427ad223b3dfec@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d9d7f5a0510141045n16606fbeub3ced76433791d78@mail.gmail.com> References: <d9d7f5a0510140848l4fe53012gd9446c3de532121b@mail.gmail.com> <200510141759.42676@harrymail> <d9d7f5a0510141045n16606fbeub3ced76433791d78@mail.gmail.com>
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com> Date: Oct 14, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: Re: su - does not ask for password To: Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> My account has a password and when I "su -" I go right in as root without a password prompt. What changed? Teo On 10/14/05, Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net> wrote: > > Am Freitag, 14. Oktober 2005 17:48 CEST schrieb Teo De Las Heras: > > I've added myself to the wheel group and can successfully su - into > > root. I'm wondering though, where I make the configuration to ask for a > > password when su - is called. > > You have to assign the superuser a password first. su will always ask for > the password if the user has one and the executing user is not root (id0) > > -Harry > > > Teo > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org " > > >
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