Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!rvdp From: rvdp@cs.vu.nl (Ronald van der Pol) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Using su under SCO 3.2.2 Message-ID: <7709@star.cs.vu.nl> Date: 21 Sep 90 20:18:14 GMT References: <13538@netcom.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.vu.nl Lines: 14 Disclaimer: netnews@netcom.UUCP (USENET Administration) writes: >We can't seem to use /bin/su for anything more than su-ing to root. >Can't su to any other uid (it asks for a password, but always fails, >as if the password were wrong). Is this typical of C2 security? Any way >around it? No, a user can only su to root and only if you explicitly give him/her that 'privilage'. Just like nobody is allowed to run login (even root!!). Don't expect SCO Unix to behave like a normal (BSD/sysV) Unix system. There are far too many ridiuculous "features". -- Ronald van der Pol