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Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ3 - SSH] Cannot su to root
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ3 - SSH] Cannot su to root
- From: "Per M Knutsen" <per.knutsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun Sep 9 19:25:02 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
> >When I try to su to to user root via SSH (I login as admin), I get the
error
> >"su: incorrect password". The password is *not* wrong.
>
> This reminds me of a similar problem with OpenSSH under OpenBSD. The
> problem was fixed after a reboot.
The server went bottoms-up yesterday, forcing a reboot. After this, the
above-mentioned problem disappeared. The only odd thing I've noted about ssh
lately is that chkrootkit has been reporting sshd as "vulnerable but
disabled". Now, it says "not tested".
Per M Knutsen
http://nethut.no/~pknutsen