Subject: 'su' authentication failure after upgrade from netbsd-4 BETA2 to RC1
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: John D.Baker <jbaker@cis.sac.accd.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 09/26/2007 18:02:49
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I've been updating my machines from (sometimes ancient) netbsd-4
BETA2 to RC1 (tracking netbsd-4) and on several of them, 'su' is
claiming authetication failure (pam_unix).

It seems to occur on those machines where I've been extracting the
sets (except [x]etc.tgz) in place and then running 'etcupdate'.  I
answer "y" to the question about rebuilding the password database.

On the build host itself, I've been using the "install=/" target
of 'build.sh' and running 'etcupdate' afterwards.

I can still log in as 'root' on the console of the affected machines
and use 'su' to become another user, but as an unpriviledged user
cannot become root, or switch to another unpriviledged user account
for which I have the password.

Has anyone else seen anything like this?

(I have 'sudo' installed previously, so root authority is not a
problem, but I keep some things owned by another unprivileged
account and can't 'su' to work with them without vectoring through
root--'sudo su someuser'.)

--
John D. Baker
jbaker@cis.sac.accd.edu




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