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Old 05-15-2006
Help can't change user by su - command!
I can login user by telnet, but I can't change user by su command with same passwd. I have no idea about that, please do me a favour and tell me the config which may be wrong.

Thanks in advance!
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Old 05-16-2006
check out if su is enabled for the user...
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Old 05-16-2006
Sure sounds like ol' AIX.

Like the posting before me says.

Make sure that this is set.

Another user can SU to user [Yes]
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Old 05-16-2006
it will be worth considering
Are you able to su at all?
run , which su, also see perms on su. .

try running su - root

Prashant
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Old 09-13-2007
How to check if su is enabled for a user or not? Is there a command or a way to do that? Thanks very much!
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Old 05-15-2008
If you are using sudo ,I can say that sudo would determine who is an authorized user by consulting the file /etc/sudoers.
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Old 05-15-2008
Prior to running su, type stty -a and see if any character in the password you are attempting to use has been assigned to erase or kill or something like that.
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