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privileges of root issue

 
Achepito
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‎09-08-2009 04:10 AM

‎09-08-2009 04:10 AM

privileges of root issue

Hi,
when we do login in a linux with a user with root´s privileges, start process with su-, why? I attach a trace with the problem
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John Donovan
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‎09-08-2009 06:29 AM

‎09-08-2009 06:29 AM

Re: privileges of root issue

Achepito...

The processes listed in the attachment simply advise you that sessions are opened for a user and authenicated using pam_unix by root (uid=0).

The su command is not being used.

There is no problem.

Hope this helps...

--donovan
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison
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