Thanks for everyone's reply.  I lost the sticky bit on
/usr/bin/su.  Changing that worked. Another sysadmin
did a chmod on files other than what he meant to.
--- Rich Glazier <rglazier2002_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Suddenly my ability to su to root (su root, or su -)
> has ceased.  No message, just returns my to a prompt
> and I remain in my current login shell. securettys
> still has /dev/comsole, no /etc/default/login file,
> and both my oginal account and root are in the
> system
> group.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> 5.1A PK6
> 
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