Hi Nalin, that was the problem and this fixed it: [/bin]# chmod u+s su Using chown also changes the mode from rws to rwx. Thanks, Tim. Nalin Dahyabhai wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 02:36:19PM -0500, Tim Wasco wrote: > > All worked before I did a chown /*/* to root.root (thus the "oops" > > above) > > on my RH 7.0 system, with Linux 2.2-16-22, and the latest up2date. > > > > I restored the original ownership on the /*/* files, but must have > > missed > > at least one. > > > > I can still log in as root. As far as I can tell, all other > > pam-related applications are working. > > > > Any thoughts? > > Is "su" still setuid-root? > > Nalin > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list