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Re: su (coreutils) 5.2.1
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: su (coreutils) 5.2.1 |
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Sun, 03 Oct 2004 18:44:54 -0700 |
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Donn Washburn <address@hidden> writes:
> 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
Most likely SuSE has a password implementation that coreutils "su"
doesn't understand.
I suspect SuSE uses some other "su" command, that isn't 100%
compatible with coreutils "su". I'd stick to the native one myself.