Re: Unable to su on firewall

From: Ian Mitchell (mitcheli@ns2.securityfocus.com)
Date: 04/21/03

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From: Ian Mitchell <mitcheli@ns2.securityfocus.com>
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    If I had to take a stab at it, I would think that it may be an issue with permissions. The tmp directory is owned by root:sys usually with a sticky bit set to deny users the ability to delete other users files. su may have an issue with this since /tmp is marked as that users home directory. I would recommend setting up a legitimate home directory for the user instead of tmp. Normally su would just complain about not being able to access the tmp directory and set the pwd to / but perhaps it's just being mean.

    Hope this helps.
    Ian Mitchell

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