Re: login problem

From: Adam William Lydick <awlydick.a.t.bulldog.unca.edu>
Date: Mon Sep 24 2001 - 20:47:34 EDT

Can you su to root?
Can you su to root if you force a specific login shell?

-- Adam Lydick

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Roberts, Adam D wrote:

> This may seem like a very easy question, but...
>
> Intimate will not allow me to login as root, it keeps telling me the password is
> invalid. I know the password is rootme, Iv'e even tried deleting the password
> entry in /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd. I also tried changing the password of
> root in X-windows by using the passwd command; that didn't seem to help either.
> I just cant get it to login. I can easily create other accounts and log in, but
> that takes away super user rights. Any suggestions?
>
> -Adam
Received on Mon Sep 24 16:51:29 2001

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