From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NWzs8-0006Ik-OS for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:14:56 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4FAB4E0C67; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:14:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com (ey-out-1920.google.com [74.125.78.147]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13ECEE0C67 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so631246eyg.2 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:14:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=HejaPi5w67ZA8/1xOpZKiOm6aHUFJJ4ikW0R5/oiCOs=; b=Fa3uLxCJt7dO3L8wwB5s+oiJeONtyizu0TKEAZkf3lxHza3xQ9M5kZSVXMb5otTBLM MEf/Qwebd4pSaj40I4HkqLE97sFOTcvwAV7edzRkbpONsPM4tLlWZRwWT5oqliRhSeLY O/x5upKRJp4O++Wf/T02+8d5hht3SQ7mlwrkE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=bx7OYKRhPsXRpKr7+HAQbgHd9433cbEAjQsdmyL7IriD8tisCSS255BRRFl1ucC6Wa dPt+ntZkJx24F0eeIAzOnJuALcUqJX4eXzh60J+watOTua4qG598r5NBri9CWywq26sd J2/TM8Oz6XYZBrkPCaPywERdyEOMiZyDp3qaQ= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.89.130 with SMTP id c2mr538759wef.44.1263852890309; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:14:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:14:50 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A quick test of su From: Hilco Wijbenga To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 575c2b98-d44c-44f7-9f57-473d21e3123a X-Archives-Hash: 201003ca8659651d076a50fb4f801483 2010/1/18 walt : > Can I trouble you folks to do this ten-second test and report your > results? > > As an ordinary user, type 'su' at a bash prompt. =C2=A0Now, where you > would normally type your root password, just type Ctrl-d instead. > > What do you see? (I'm ruling out evil spirits here, so please bear > with me ;) su: Authentication information cannot be recovered > Thanks for your help. What did I win? :-)