Re: SU Question

From: Dan Nelson (dnelson_at_allantgroup.com)
Date: 05/12/05

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    Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 13:05:49 -0500
    To: "Dixit, Viraj" <Viraj.Dixit@CityofPaloAlto.org>
    
    

    In the last episode (May 12), Dixit, Viraj said:
    > I am getting this error message when I try to logon using "su"
    > command through Telnet remotely. All this started when I accidentally
    > changed permissions, since then all permissions have been restored,
    > yet the same error.
    > % su
    > Password:
    > su: setting user context: Operation not permitted

    Check the permissions on /usr/bin/su. They should be

    -r-sr-xr-x

    If they aren't, run "chmod a=rx,u+s /usr/bin/su" as root to fix it.
    You'll probably need to do this directly from the console, since you
    can't use su :)

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    	Dan Nelson
    	dnelson@allantgroup.com
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