Hi,

At 0:29 AM +0900 99.4.8, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> sugimoto@sums.shiga-med.ac.jp wrote:
>
> > I never use NIS. When I check su with ktrace command,
> >
> >    182 su       CALL  open(0x2184c140,0,0)
>  :
>
> I'll bet that your su does not have the setuid bit.

I checked it and you are right.
I reinstalled the system again, then I could su to root smoothly.


> > But I wonder why I could use shared libraries without this on the 1.3I
> > distribution.
>
> Because they were built with proper options.
> The FAQ page also mentions about this, doesn't it?

I finally understood the library informations on FAQ.


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Medical Information Center / First Deapartment of Medicine
Shiga University of Medical Science
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