SU Problem

[fakjohn]

Hello All,

I am trying to SU other user including root from one user ( other than root) but getting the error message 3004-501 Cannot su to "root" : Authentication is denied. Did any one came across the same problem. Any suggession

Thanking you

 

[khalidaaa]

have a look into this link:

http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/AIX-L/2004-06/0300.html

Regards,
Khalid

 

[RMGBELGIUM]

this is a property that is set in the userproperties
smitty users -> go to your user -> user allowed to su ? -> yes

rgds,

R.

 

[fakjohn]

The problem is still remained. Any suggestion?

Thanks in advance!

John

 

[sbrews]

Root is most likely set up so that only those people in a particular group can su to it. Check your root account and see if it is limited in this way. If so, add the appropriate group to the user you want to su to root from.

Add a little color to your PUTTY terminal: faq52-6627

 

[khalidaaa]

Have you really done that and it didn't work? Strange!

If you know a userid you want to limit the ability to su too (like root), 
create a group (like suroot), add the users you want to allow to su to root, 
and add the name of the group to the root's SU GROUPS user entry. Now only 
those users in group suroot can su to root. You can use multiple groups this 
way too. You still need to know the password too. 


You can also limit the ability to SU to an account via the user entry 
"Another user can SU TO USER?" set to false. This is all or nothing.

Regards,
Khalid

 

[fakjohn]

Not working su, ftp, telnet from other users none root.