SUMMARY: su problem on Tru64 V5.1a

dhuggard_at_shaw.ca
Date: 10/30/03

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To: tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov

    James Sainsbury prompted me to look at GNU Utils that were installed. And yes. The su in /usr/local/bin was the problem.

    Thank you to James, and thank you to the other valuable responses I also recieved.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: dhuggard@shaw.ca
    Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 1:36 pm
    Subject: su problem on Tru64 V5.1a

    > Hello Managers,
    >
    > I recently have been getting this output from trying an su to any
    > user from my account only.
    >
    > su: cannot set groups: Not owner
    >
    > If I try su from logging into another account that is not mine it
    > works as it should.
    >
    > I've examined permissions. My account is in the system group
    > amoungst others. I am wondering if anyone else has come accross
    > this and might know what the cause is.
    >
    > I'll post a summary of the result that fixes the problem.
    >
    > Thank you
    > Cheers,
    > Dana_H
    >
    >
    >
    >

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