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Re: su (coreutils) 5.2.1
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: su (coreutils) 5.2.1 |
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Mon, 04 Oct 2004 10:41:25 +0200 |
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Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> Donn Washburn <address@hidden> writes:
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>> After a very clean compile on a SuSE 9.0 box of coreutils 5.2.1.
>> I modified the directories only for "make install". From Xwindows
>> "su" request the root passwd. If I suppy it I get
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>> address@hidden:/media/hdb2/xap> su
>> Password: <correct password typed in><ENT>
>> su: incorrect password
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> Most likely SuSE has a password implementation that coreutils "su"
> doesn't understand.
I can't reproduce that. Using the su command from the vanilla source Just
Works. Most likely the password wasn't really correct.
Andreas.
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