-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 at halifax ~]# useradd test00 [root at 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 at halifax ~]$ logout [root at halifax ~]# su - test00 [test00 at halifax ~]$ logout [root at 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. Thanks, Uwe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLlVsjAAoJENs3frmum9swFTwH/1ulj7ZRETV/fAt/0NztXsn5 NJ7szhb+CPDxQCM49RdN6c8OUcZReVZsP1sTPCTiu6kvuNPm7vPhminuecIOEXA/ GUZC/6nS9YcHlFUbmO7nxpP2bbJHrrO2r9s4JdWftHP0YQUADNad9AN/jAQHd032 0xfp/vtAkj2PfIBt/J6h3taVwxx3Epb4gY2wuWYLRcJyDuzJLLD25OJVAOxuUaik RkNcpfiZM3Japq6Mb3kUGlYkdLf4+xxPCC/pwdVVC2fzSUVK9asmqq0pbu6KQfTc Lv5WwS6ENmY6eBbO5IcpILtC+LwBayjU50RWByaFl4uMcfQd9F9uVAdmnLW8/8c= =TNjq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----