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Hi,
On an DEC 3000/600 running OSF1 V3.0, 358.78 I need to give certain
users the ability to su to root. The usual way for that is just to put
them in the system group in /etc/group.
Now: As soon as I do this, these particular users cannot login anymore
and I cannot even su to them:
# head -1 /etc/group
system:*:0:tom
# su tom
No shell
# su - tom
No directory
When I take him out of the system group, everything works as normal:
# head -1 /etc/group
system:*:0:
# su tom
$ ^D
# su - tom
{testbox}/home/tom>
I need to add, that there are several users with the same UID and GID
in /etc/passwd:
tom:xxxxxxxxxxx:1033:26:tom:/home/tom:/bin/ksh
tomlocal:xxxxxx:1033:26:Tom Local Acct:/home/tomlocal:/bin/ksh
tomsys:xxxxxxxx:1033:26:Tom System Acct:/home/tomsys:/bin/ksh
and that the box is running in base (BSD) security but I don't think
that this makes any difference.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks -- Tom
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Received on Fri Nov 22 1996 - 14:29:27 NZDT