On Wed Jan 14 17:16:01 UTC 2009, nate centos at linuxpowered.net wrote: > It's a long shot but check that /bin/su is setuid ? > > From a 5.1 system: > > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 24060 Mar 21 2007 /bin/su This is what I have on that host: # ll /bin/su -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 24120 May 24 2008 /bin/su su -l runs ok. It prompts for a password, but it invariably fails saying that the wrong password has been entered. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3