Re: [iPAQ] tinylogin su

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, jonathan chetwynd wrote:

> I just installed tinylogin, on an ipaq.
>
> as root i added user jay and changed passwords,
>
> # su jay went fine, but
>
> $ su
> su: This applet requires root priviliges!
> $

Is su setuid? It needs to run as root to become root, if you see what I
mean.

> similarly
>
> $ login
> No utmp entry. you must exec "login" from the lowest level "sh"
> $
>
> I am not sure what these mean, but bar a reboot, how do I get back to root?

Unless tinylogin su is very different from 'grown-up' su, it fires up a
subshell with the right permissions. Exiting that subshell should drop you
back to the parent, root, shell.

> also does this application let me have a login screen on boot?
> if so how do i set this up?
>
> Perhaps finally is there a way to cleanly uninstall?

How did you install it?

> thanks so much
>
> jonathan chetwynd
> peepo project manager

Cheers
Richard
Received on Wed Jun 05 16:09:28 2002