On 7/10/19 5:46 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 7/11/19 6:45 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
> On 7/10/19 3:35 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 07/10/2019 02:37 PM, Alessio wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 9:04 PM sixpack13 <sixpack13(a)online.de
>>> <mailto:sixpack13@online.de>> wrote:
>>>
>>> wasn't su disallowed during the last fedora upgrades ?
>>>
>>> No.
>>> As far as I know only root is locked by default (at least on Fedora
Workstation). Aka
>>> you can't su to root. But you are able to use Switch to any other (not
locked) User,
>>> as usual.
>>>
>> Is there a way to undo this noxious action? Because if not, I'll be
migrating both of
>> my computers to CentOs.
> So much overreaction to incorrect information. Yes, by default, the root password
is
> locked, which has been the case for a long time. The installer lets you set it if
you
> want. There is no change to su or sudo. As always, if the root password is
disabled,
> you can't use su to get to root. But again, as always, sudo will still work if
your
> user account is set as an administrator (i.e. part of wheel group). And ssh to root
> will work if you setup a key.
I don't have a running Workstation instance at the moment. However, I seem to recall
if
one is hard-up about using "su -" they can "sudo passwd root" and
create a pw and then "su
-" will function as before.
I tried it Ed.
No go.
It keeps saying that authentication failed.