Switching to user accounts from root asking for password

[Phani_4]

Hi,

The HP-UX server is in trusted mode. From past few days we started facing a strange problem. When 'root' user tries to switch to any user using 'su' command it is prompting for a paaaword.

If anybody knows about this, please give me the solution to get out of this problem.

Thanks,
Phani

[Steven E. Protter]

never seen that.

run this please:

pwck

It may show problems that need to be dealt with.

SEP

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Phani,

OS version 11.11 or 11.0 ?

Robert-Jan

[Pete Randall]

Phani,

Are you sure that you truly are root? Try either logging in directly as root or doing a su to root first.


Pete

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi Phani,

When you are 'root' do an 'id' and make sure it is showing 0.

-Sri

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Phani,

Try the following commands:

whoami
who am i

If whoami returns root - you are truly root.
If not you're not

who am i should always return the "true" login name - even if you su / sudo to root.

Rgds,
Jeff

[Jawed Akhtar]

It happens when you login through a normal user then
$su -
#su user (root changed to user "user" but prompt remain # same and you think ur root but actually the id is of user.
THen you mistakenly try once agian
su - user and then u r asked for password.

ALways check id before using su to user.

Jawed