Re: [cobalt-users] Telnet

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Kris Dahl wrote:
> 
> on 5/3/00 3:49 PM, July at Zerowait at july@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > When we log in as admin, the password for su - is the same. However, we
> > can't figure out what the password is if you log in as anyone else and
> > then go to su -  Is there something we need to do or is this impossible?
> 
> You can not switch users to root unless you are logged in as admin.

That's just not true.

You can log in from anyone as SU.

But only if you set up your system to allow it.

For security reasons, only admin is set up to be able to "su" by
default.  Allowing other accounts to do it is probably a good idea,
though, in many cases, so you can tell from your logs who logged in as
root.

For more information, read any good book on Red Hat Linux
administration, or write me offlist.

Jeff
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