On Mon, 20 May 1996, Erick Branderhorst wrote: > I have a problem with root login again. All other logins are fine, > but root login is waiting after I typed the password. Even > su isn't working anymore. I updtated some packages, including > a few from Incoming this morning, after reboot, this behaviour > is present. Sound familiar, a solution?
this happened to me eactly (accept on a solaris machine - but i have a debian machine also) setting quotas incorrectly is what stuffed me up .. so i booted the machine up off the installation boot disk and hacked out the quotas .. dont think this is eaxctly your problem though .. try deinstalling all the packages you installed between the time it worked to when it didnt :) \\\\////\\\\////\\\\\////\\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\ <Issa> ONE SENSE Of BEAUTY On white plum-petals that were pure and sweet, The Nightingale now wipes its muddy feet. ////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\ The Australian Internet Company \\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\ISP Par Exceliance