Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!atha!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: ultrix 4.0 enhanced security Message-ID: <14157@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 31 Aug 90 19:42:40 GMT References: <9008300308.AA06175@garnet.berkeley.edu> <1990Aug30.094913@decuac.DEC.COM> Reply-To: grr@comodore.com (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 16 In article rusty@garnet.berkeley.edu (rusty wright) writes: > I still can't get su to work with DECwindows; I downgraded the system > to UPGRADE level by editing the svc.conf file (as suggested by a > posting from a DEC employee) and it still complains about 'not a > secure tty'. I read the security guide and didn't find anything > there. As to the DEC employee that gave the usual 'it works here' > response, I'd guess that your /etc/ttys file has 'secure' set for all > of the pty's. Sounds like a change to the su program, why don't you see if the one from 3.1C still functions correctly... -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing: domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com Commodore, Engineering Department phone: 215-431-9349 (only by moonlite)