system not letting me log in as root

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Ameer,

When you try to log in as root and it fails, what console are you using?
Is that console mentioned in /etc/securetty? Only consoles mentioned in
that file will support root logins, although normal users might log in
okay.


On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote:

> su works exactly as expected.
>
>
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> Subject: Re: system not letting me log in as root
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>> Can you become root with the "su" command after logging in as a normal
>> user?
>>
>> Not sure what that will tell us, but I am curious.
>>
>> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote:
>>
>>> I  can log into my normal user (all lowercase), and it works fine.
>>> The thing is, with root, it doesn't even prompt for a password, just
> spits me
>>> out.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Gene Collins wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ameer.  Did you make sure the caps lock is not on on the console you
>>>> are trying to use for rroot login?  I know it's obvious, but sometimes
>>>> it's the obvious things that get over looked.
>>>>
>>>> Gene
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>> I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username,
>>>>> it
>>>>> acts as if that's invallid.
>>>>> What's wrong?
>>>>> Ameer
>>>>>
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