Re: very strange password problems - followup
From: Glen A Stromquist (glen_stromquist_at_no.spam.yahoo.com)
Date: 09/11/03
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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:46:30 GMT
Bill Unruh wrote:
> Glen A Stromquist <glen_stromquist@no.spam.yahoo.com> writes:
>
> ]ctgnxzcnr@nkkwaf.com.nd wrote:
> ]> |> Why not change the root password back, then try to login as oracle and
> ]> |> oradba. If those work, then your installation should be ok.
> ]> |
> ]> |If I could get in as root I'd change it, and I did try using the
> ]>
> ]> Boot up a rescue disk and change it.
>
> ]OK, I logged out of KDE and back in as oracle, with the new password -
> ]works ok
>
> ]log out and back in as oradba - that works, cant su in either session
> ]though... And can't run anything that requires root priveleges from KDE,
> ]as it wont accept the password.
>
> ]so before I boot from rescue disk I log out again, this time log in to
> ]KDE as root with my original root password - it works! I can su to any
> ]user from root fine, but not from user to user or user to root.
>
> ]so I am assuming that KDE uses su when running something like yast when
> ]you pass it the root pwd, so it seems my problem is with su, not roots
> ]password.
>
> ]now what to do?
>
> Change the password to one which does not use weird special characters--
> just use the printable characters-- not umlauts, not graves or cedillas.
they are plain passwords to begin with, just vanilla alpha lower case
passwords
> No idea what "log back in as oracle" or "oradba" means.
> What do you mean you cannot su from user to user?
log out of KDE and back in as root or any user, works fine, but login to
kde (or windowmaker) as "oracle" and can't su to either root or oradba,
nor can you run anything from "oracle" or "oradba" session that requires
root priveledges. I am guessing that something in the root.sh script
that I first ran during oracle install corrputed su somehow? but thats
only a guess, when I get time I'll look at the script.
in the meantime, have to get su working again....somehow
> Also, your system might be cracked. Check it.
>
thanks, good idea, but not sure how to go about it...
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