*- Shin Ogino wrote about "Can't login as root" | Hi, | | After updating a few packages with dselect and rebooting my machine, I | am not able to login as root any more. When I type root and its | password on login prompt, I do not get any response. I have to use CTR-c | to kill process. | | However, I can login as any other users except for root. I tried to run | su and su - from a user, but after typing password, I did not get | anything. | | Does anyone have any idea of what is going on and how to fix this? | | Thanks a lot. | | Best, | shin ogino | |
The sysklogd_1.3-29.deb package is seriously broken. The maintainer is working on a fix. There is a thread on debian-devel right now dealing with this with the thread subject of 'Something is f***ked'. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------