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# 1  
Old 05-24-2012
Question Unable to su as root
Hi,

I have logged in as normal user and unable to su - root, getting below error.
Code:
3004-307 You are not allowed to su to this account.

3004-501 Cannot su to "root" : Account is not accessible.

I have checked and found below parameter as true.

Another user can SU TO USER? true

Still not able to su - as root.
Last edited by zaxxon; 05-24-2012 at 05:11 AM.. Reason: code tags
# 2  
Old 05-24-2012
maybe the root user has defined su groups, so that only members of this groups are able to su to this user


simply check with
Code:
smitty user

or

Code:
# lsuser guest
guest id=100 pgrp=usr groups=usr home=/home/guest login=true su=true rlogin=true daemon=true admin=false sugroups=adm admgroups= tpath=nosak ttys=ALL expires=0 auth1=SYSTEM auth2=NONE umask=22 registry=files SYSTEM=compat OR VAS logintimes= loginretries=0 pwdwarntime=0 account_locked=false minage=0 maxage=0 maxexpired=-1 minalpha=0 minother=0 mindiff=0 maxrepeats=8 minlen=0 histexpire=0 histsize=0 pwdchecks= dictionlist= fsize=2097151 cpu=-1 data=262144 stack=65536 core=2097151 rss=65536 nofiles=2000 roles=


you want lsuser root of course
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