Re: No Password for Root
Also, the critical /etc/default/rcS lines show
SULOGIN=no
FSCKFIX=yes
and the fstab entry for the boot drive shows
/dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 02:28:27PM +0000, Art Lemasters wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 01:39:11PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote:
> > Art,
> >
> > What does 'grep root /etc/passwd' show?
>
> It shows
>
> root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
>
>
> Art
>
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Art Lemasters wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 07:49:37PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> > > > On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 01:11:24PM +0000, Art Lemasters wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > The present situation is that the system is running slink
> > > > > (frozen), and logins to root can be made without a password while all
> > > > > other users require passwords. I'm stalling remote users (volunteer
> > > > > projects) until this situation is remedied.
> > > >
> > > > If I understand you correctly, you should run the passwd program as root
> > > > to set a password.
> > >
> > > I tried that, but a login to root still requires only the login: root
> > > without a password. It appears to be logging to root in a shell other than
> > > the default shell.
> > >
> > > Art
> > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Mark Brown mailto:broonie@tardis.ed.ac.uk (Trying to avoid grumpiness)
> > > > http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/
> > > > EUFS http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/
> > >
> > >
> > >
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