On Thu, 2006-01-05 at 16:01 -0600, Jeff Vian wrote: > That file size is noticeably different than Andy's although it is the > same size as mine. The ownership and permissions are wrong so even if > it is otherwise correct it cannot get you the permissions to do a true > 'su'. Note the SUID bit. > > [jeff@eagle ~]$ ll /bin/su > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 59740 Jul 25 10:39 /bin/su > > > I would suspect that the box is "owned", or that you have otherwise > changed the file somehow. > Maybe not owned, I show a file size of 59740 bytes for su on my 32-bit systems (i686), but 78837 bytes on my 64-bit (86_X64) systems. So the discrepancy is most likely do to architecture. -- Brian Gaynor www.pmccorp.com FC4/Linux on DELL Inspiron 5160 3.0Ghz canis 15:40:59 up 1:21, 1 user, load average: 0.15, 0.07, 0.07
