Can't login to root account
I restricted the use of su by creating an admin group
sudo usermod -a -G admin "admin user"
sudo dpkg-statoverride --update -add root admin 4750 /bin/su
Later I regretted this so I removed the following line
root admin 4750 /bin/su
from /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride and I removed the admin group.
My /bin/su permissions:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 44664 Jan 25 2018 /bin/su
When I try to login to root account with the new root account password I get
su: Authentication failure
I've no intentions of using the root account but I find this annoying. How do I solve this?
permissions root su
asked Jan 23 at 1:28
MikeyMikey
285
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I restricted the use of su by creating an admin group
sudo usermod -a -G admin "admin user"
sudo dpkg-statoverride --update -add root admin 4750 /bin/su
Later I regretted this so I removed the following line
root admin 4750 /bin/su
from /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride and I removed the admin group.
My /bin/su permissions:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 44664 Jan 25 2018 /bin/su
When I try to login to root account with the new root account password I get
su: Authentication failure
I've no intentions of using the root account but I find this annoying. How do I solve this?
permissions root su
asked Jan 23 at 1:28
MikeyMikey
285
You appear to have removed the setuid bit from /bin/su - see similar issue here: SU Authentication failure - Help!!
– steeldriver
Jan 23 at 1:35
Thanks man/woman!!! sudo chmod 4755 /bin/su did it. Now I can finally go to sleep.
– Mikey
Jan 23 at 1:45
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I restricted the use of su by creating an admin group
sudo usermod -a -G admin "admin user"
sudo dpkg-statoverride --update -add root admin 4750 /bin/su
Later I regretted this so I removed the following line
root admin 4750 /bin/su
from /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride and I removed the admin group.
My /bin/su permissions:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 44664 Jan 25 2018 /bin/su
When I try to login to root account with the new root account password I get
su: Authentication failure
I've no intentions of using the root account but I find this annoying. How do I solve this?
permissions root su
asked Jan 23 at 1:28
MikeyMikey
285
I restricted the use of su by creating an admin group
sudo usermod -a -G admin "admin user"
sudo dpkg-statoverride --update -add root admin 4750 /bin/su
Later I regretted this so I removed the following line
root admin 4750 /bin/su
from /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride and I removed the admin group.
My /bin/su permissions:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 44664 Jan 25 2018 /bin/su
When I try to login to root account with the new root account password I get
su: Authentication failure
I've no intentions of using the root account but I find this annoying. How do I solve this?
permissions root su
permissions root su
asked Jan 23 at 1:28
MikeyMikey
285
asked Jan 23 at 1:28
MikeyMikey
285
asked Jan 23 at 1:28
MikeyMikey
285
asked Jan 23 at 1:28
MikeyMikey
285
asked Jan 23 at 1:28
MikeyMikey
285
285
You appear to have removed the setuid bit from /bin/su - see similar issue here: SU Authentication failure - Help!!
– steeldriver
Jan 23 at 1:35
Thanks man/woman!!! sudo chmod 4755 /bin/su did it. Now I can finally go to sleep.
– Mikey
Jan 23 at 1:45
add a comment |
You appear to have removed the setuid bit from /bin/su - see similar issue here: SU Authentication failure - Help!!
– steeldriver
Jan 23 at 1:35
Thanks man/woman!!! sudo chmod 4755 /bin/su did it. Now I can finally go to sleep.
– Mikey
Jan 23 at 1:45
You appear to have removed the setuid bit from /bin/su - see similar issue here: SU Authentication failure - Help!!
– steeldriver
Jan 23 at 1:35
You appear to have removed the setuid bit from /bin/su - see similar issue here: SU Authentication failure - Help!!
– steeldriver
Jan 23 at 1:35
Thanks man/woman!!! sudo chmod 4755 /bin/su did it. Now I can finally go to sleep.
– Mikey
Jan 23 at 1:45
Thanks man/woman!!! sudo chmod 4755 /bin/su did it. Now I can finally go to sleep.
– Mikey
Jan 23 at 1:45
add a comment |
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You appear to have removed the setuid bit from /bin/su - see similar issue here: SU Authentication failure - Help!!
– steeldriver
Jan 23 at 1:35
Thanks man/woman!!! sudo chmod 4755 /bin/su did it. Now I can finally go to sleep.
– Mikey
Jan 23 at 1:45