-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Uwe Kiewel Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 2:17 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] strange su behavior
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Hi,
I have a strange su hehavior on a CentOS 5.4 32Bit installation in a VMware ESXi virtualizied environment:
If I am root and want to change the user to a non-root user, the system prompts me for a password:
[root@halifax ~]# useradd test00 [root@halifax ~]# su - test00
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility.Password:
[test00@halifax ~]$ logout [root@halifax ~]# su - test00 [test00@halifax ~]$ logout [root@halifax ~]#
At this test procedure I just hit the enter key at the password promt.
Do you have any idea for this behavoir? I expect to do so from root to any account _without_ being prompted for the password.
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Have you tried just running su without the dash and space before the username? (For example: su test00). If not try that and let us know if you receive the same result.
Regards,
Dan