Re: can't su, but I can log in as root

[Al - image hosting services <azick%zickswebventures.com@localhost>]

Hi,

On Wed, 2 Jul 2008, James K. Lowden wrote:
> Al - image hosting services wrote:
> > > ls -l `which su`
> >
> > ls: -m: No such file or directory
> > ls: aliased: No such file or directory
> > ls: su: No such file or directory
> > ls: su:: No such file or directory
> > ls: to: No such file or directory
>
> That doesn't look right.  Please try:
>
>       $ which su # just for kicks
>       $ command -v su
>       $ ls -l $(command -v su)
>
> That should work unless you're running csh.

I was using csh when I did the above.

This is what I got (using sh):

$ which su # just for kicks
/usr/bin/su
$ command -v su
/usr/bin/su
$ ls -l $(command -v su)
-r-sr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  15399 May 17  2007 /usr/bin/su
$ su
Password:
su: Sorry: authentication error

I just can't think of what I could be missing.

Thanks,
Al