From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.2) Gecko/20021202 Description of problem: When i try to enter su mode , i am not able? In a terminal I tried to enter as root as by 'su' and password. I got error messages that password is invalid. But the password is correct. I can login as root directly,but from the other user i cant enter into su mode. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-2.4.18-14 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login as user but not as root. 2. Go to terminal(any shell) and try to enter into 'su' mode. 3. I get message like incorrect password.(the roor password typed is correct). How can get it resolved? 2. 3. Actual Results: I should enter into su mode easily. Expected Results: I cant enter into su mode. Additional info:
edit /etc/securetty $ man 5 securetty
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reassigning to coreutils
What did you change since it last worked?
Old bug, not reproduced on current versions of the distribution. Please reopen if it ever happens again.