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Re: [cobalt-security] can't su -
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] can't su -
- From: Gerald Waugh <gwaugh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:05:45 -0400 (EDT)
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Pete Soderling wrote:
> 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 ...
>
On some systems you can only su to root from user 'admin'
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