Re: [cobalt-users] su to root from userlevel

[Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Swapana Ghosh wrote:
>     My server is cobalt raq4r. I am one of the administrator. When i am doing
> *ssh* to the server using *putty*, after using login with my own userid, i am
> unable to do *su - root* , it is giving *wrong password*..
>
>     Somewhere my userid has permission problem that is why i am unable to do
> the su -root. But once i entered into the root using *admin* userid then from
> my userid i can do *su - root*... So which file i need to check. I need some
> hints...

/etc/passwd, you need to be a member of the "wheel group"

>     Moreover i need also that /nobody/ will be allowed to login firstime  as
> *root*...Root should be only allowed from userid(ofcourse not all) using the
> command *su - root*...

nobody can't login as root, as they are not a member of the "wheel group"

Gerald
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