[BlueOnyx:04376] Re: Can't su to root via ssh again

[Gerald Waugh]

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 13:10 -0500, webmaster wrote:
> 
> 
> Can't su to root via ssh again
> 
> 
> Various attempts below.  Keep getting this "su: incorrect password"
> 
> [admin at garage ~]$ su root
> su: incorrect password
> [admin at garage ~]$ su -
> su: incorrect password
> [admin at garage ~]$ root
> -bash: root: command not found
> [admin at garage ~]$ su admin
> Password:
> [admin at garage ~]$ su root
> su: incorrect password
> [admin at garage ~]$ su -
> su: incorrect password
> [admin at garage ~]$ exit
> exit
> [admin at garage ~]$ exit
> 
> Already rebooted the server and changed the admin password thru the 
> GUI.  Didn't help
> 
Not sure if you can get root access.
Maybe by the serial port or boot/recorery cd
But look at /etc/pam.d/su
In some systems I have found that this line was hot hashed out and
caused a similar problem. (line 6 on my system)
#auth required pam_wheel.so use_uid

Gerald