Re: openssh/su broken

From: wcy (wangcy@staff.cernet.com)
Date: 05/28/02 

From: wangcy@staff.cernet.com (wcy)
Date: 28 May 2002 02:33:52 -0700

Please fix you tty problem first. Sshd need tty to su. Sshd only
support 5 ttys. You can put new codes in pty.c and configure.in to
support your tty.

"Stephen Ford" <fordste@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:<KXcH8.985$Bo3.141521@e3500-atl2.usenetserver.com>...
> I've downloaded and installed the newest zlib, openssh, openssl, gcc,
> tcp-wrappers and have installed them on a new solaris 8 box. I can log into
> the box through ssh as a user without any trouble. However, once I'm on the
> box, I can no longer su to root or another user, even to the same userid?!?
> If I log in as root, I can su to any user but as the new user su won't work.
> I can su fine on console and I can su after a telnet. Can someone give me
> some help on this?
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen

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