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I Can’t login as root with su command, but I can with SSH

August 7, 2022 by Magenaut

How is it possible that I cannot log in as root by su root or su (I get incorrect password error), but I can log in by ssh [email protected] or ssh [email protected]_local_IP with the same password?

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags authentication, centos, login, su Leave a comment

What mechanism prevents any user from accessing any other user’s files via root?

August 6, 2022 by Magenaut

On a multi-user system, what protects against any user accessing any other users files via root? As context, the question is based on my understanding as follows:

Categories Q&A, Unix & Linux Tags permissions, su, sudo, users Leave a comment
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