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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA101 ; Thu, 28 Jan 93 14:00:18 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!boulder!ucsu!rintintin.Colorado.EDU!galbrait From: galbrait@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (GALBRAITH JOHN) Subject: su problems. Message-ID: <1993Jan27.070108.27600@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> Sender: news@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: rintintin.colorado.edu Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 07:01:08 GMT Lines: 12 Hi, On my 386bsd machine, nobody can su to root. There is no password (confirmed by checking the password file a hundred times), yet it asks for one anyway. I tried setting a password, but it would not accept it. The /etc/group file is ok too. The only way to become root is from the login: prompt. Then, no password is needed. Obviously, this is a pain. Does anybody know what is going on? Thanks. john galbraith galbrait@rintintin.colorado.edu