Alain Cochard wrote:
Mikkel L. Ellertson writes:
Alain Cochard wrote on Fri, Jul 20 2007 at 11:59 (+0200):
Just a few days ago, I stopped being able to 'su' or 'su some_user' from a terminal: the passwords are no longer accepted. Same problem to unlock a session (need to enter the password).
A long shot, but check your /etc/sudoers file.
I don't know how to do that. Besides, neither the file not its status have changed since the distribution installation...
Thanks, Alain
It sounds like you did check it, if you know the file and status has not changed. If it had changed, you could look at the file - it is a standard text file.
Another check would be to run "rpm -V coreutils" to verify the su binary. If it returns without printing anything, then su and /etc/sudoers are the same as originally installed. If it shows something has changed, you have a place to start.
$ type su su is /bin/su $ rpm -qf /bin/su coreutils-5.97-12.5.fc6 $ rpm -V coreutils $
Mikkel