topic Re: problem with 'su' in Operating System - HP-UX

problem with 'su'

marc seguin — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:02:45 GMT

On HP 10.20, as user root, i do :
# su - kroot
su : Your own ID is unknown

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Re: problem with 'su'

Steven Sim Kok Leong — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:33:23 GMT

Hi,

What do you see when you execute the following command?

# id

Hope this helps. Regards.

Steven Sim Kok Leong
Brainbench MVP for Unix Admin
http://www.brainbench.com

Re: problem with 'su'

Deepak Extross — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 10:42:18 GMT

Do 'whoami' and 'who am i' show different userids?

Re: problem with 'su'

Mark van Hassel — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:02:14 GMT

Hi,

It seems that your /etc/passwd file is corrupt. Run 'pwck' to see what's wrong.

HtH

Re: problem with 'su'

marc seguin — Wed, 19 Dec 2001 11:48:25 GMT

Sorry for the inconvenience.

My user root is OK (id, whoami,...)
but the problem seems to be like :
it is a trusted system and somebody added manually a line in the file /etc/passwd.
When restoring the old passwd file, my su command runs well.