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# 8  
Old 06-03-2013
Please do the following debugging commands:
Code:
getent passwd root
grep '^root' /etc/shadow
grep '^[^#]' /etc/default/su
egrep "^su|^other" /etc/pam.conf

# 9  
Old 06-03-2013
Thanks. Here are what I've got

Code:
huamin@SOL11I:~$ getent passwd root
root:x:0:0:Super-User:/root:/usr/bin/bash
huamin@SOL11I:~$ grep '^root' /etc/shadow
grep: can't open /etc/shadow
huamin@SOL11I:~$ grep '^[^#]' /etc/default/su
SULOG=/var/adm/sulog
SYSLOG=YES
huamin@SOL11I:~$ egrep "^su|^other" /etc/pam.conf
huamin@SOL11I:~$

Many Thanks & Best Regards,
HuaMin
# 10  
Old 06-03-2013
You need to set your own user_attr privs.
you have to grant yourself permission to assume the role of root in /etc/user_attr like this:
Code:
user::::lock_after_retries=no;profiles=System Administrator;roles=root

the important part here is
Code:
roles=root

it's also important to point out that if you don't set
Code:
lock_after_retries=no

it will be extremely difficult to recover the server in the event that your password locks, unless you have another user authed to assume root.

Also is this a new server? did you do sysconfig? If you did, it will ask you to setup the first user, which will automatically granted these permissions. If you skipped that, you may have to back and reconfig the server to create that user so you can use that user to su to root so you can change /etc/user_attr
# 11  
Old 06-03-2013
Here is /etc/user_attr file

Code:
oracle::::roles=root;lock_after_retries=no
root::::type=role
huamin::::lock_after_retries=no;profiles=System Administrator;roles=root

Yes, it is a new server and "huamin" is the 1st user I've created.

Many Thanks & Best Regards,
HuaMin
# 12  
Old 06-03-2013
User Attr looks correct
is it possible you locked root? have you checked /etc/shadow for the root passwd status?
# 13  
Old 06-04-2013
Sorry, I get "Permission denied" to view the file using my current login. What to change?

Code:
huamin@SOL11I:~$ ls -l /etc/shadow
-r--------   1 root     sys          744 Jun  3 09:07 /etc/shadow

Many Thanks & Best Regards,
HuaMin
# 14  
Old 06-04-2013
Boot from cd/dvd, then mount disk and check what is in /etc/shadow.
Maybe you just don't remember valid password, so you can edit /etc/shadow and remove password for root when you boot from cd/dvd.
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