Re: [cobalt-security] can't su -

[twooly@xxxxxxxxx]

> Hey all,
> 
> I'm running into a curious problem when I ssh into my Cube3 box. I want to 
> disallow root login to the ssh server which I can obviously do in the ssh conf 
> file.
> 
> The problem is that when I log into the system as an unpriveleged user and try 
> to su to root, I can't. The system says that the password is incorrect - even 
> though it's not. I can login to the system with the root account just fine so I 
> know there's nothing wrong with the account.
> 
> Is this some type of security feature on the system? Honestly, I'd think it 
> would be more secure to login unpriveleged and then su ...
> 
> tia,
> --pete
> 
You can do this several ways.  You can ssh into your Qube
with admin or you can add the unpriveleged user to the wheel
group in your /etc/group file.  Myself I would do the second one


--Todd