On 23 Jan 99 at 13:11, Art Lemasters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
I recently had the same problem with Hamm. 'passwd' would never accept anything I'd type. Eventually through trial and error, I blundered into this remedy, which may work for you: As root run 'adduser'. Make the username to add 'root'. For me it complained that it wouldn't add 'root', but then it asked for a password anyway. I typed it, and now 'root' has a password like it should. I'm not really sure what caused this problem to begin with though. I may have hit <Enter> or <Ctrl-C> when being asked the first time; wish I could recall the circumstances exactly.