Very Computer

I screwed up royally.  Details, details.

I was trying to secure the su command and let only certain users execute it.
Keep in mind that I totally forgot about pam.

What I did was:
$ groupadd suers

$ vi /etc/group
~
suers:x:550:root,joe
~

$ chown root:suers /bin/su

Then when I tried to:

$ su -
Password:
Password Incorrect
$

even though I can logout and login as root.  So I know I am not crapping on
the root passwd.

I know now that all I had to do is uncomment certain lines in /etc/pam.d/su
and active the trusted group 'wheel' (and add certain people to wheel).

I tried to undo everything by:
$ chown root:root /bin/su

$ vi /etc/group
~
# suers:x:550:root,joe
~

But I still get the same "Password Incorrect".  If I try to vi /etc/pam.d/su
to activate 'wheel' as a trusted group, I do not get a chance to insert a
password... after I '$ su -', I get 'Password Incorrect' automatically.

This is a dodo question but can I reinstall su or pam and will that correct
everything?

Joe

-- Cameron Kerr

I had the wrong permission for /bin/su.

it should be:

-rwsr-xr-x

I should use sudo.

Joe