[SunHELP] su to root does not force password prompt

[steve price]

then what you need is a remote console or terminal
server so that you always have "console" access, even
if the system if off-net.  there's been quite a few
threads on this topic over the last year - check the
archives.
//regards


--- Rainer Feil <r_feil at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks a lot for the excellent responses... but
> actually I forgot to mention the real circumstances
> under which "su" to root fails (when the password is
> expired):
> 
> if I connect to the Sun via telnet (i.e. remote), it
> fails.
> If I connect from the system console via root, I get
> prompted for the new password. 
> 
> So this is really a problem, if you don't allow
> direct
> root access (I don't) and the Sun box is in a remote
> location where you can't just walk over to login
> through the system console...
> 
> Thanks for further ideas about that,
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Rainer 
> 
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