Don't know if anyone else has had these problems. I did a
quick scan thru the expert and newbie archives and didn't
find anything mentioning these problems specifically, so
don't shoot me if this has been answered before.
When doing an install of LM 7.0-2, I chose 'expert' and
went about my merry way, up until the part for configuring
LILO. I wanted to make it so LILO would require a password
to boot in single-user mode. I entered the password I
wanted, clicked 'restricted', and o.k. Well, then I get an
error message telling me that I must supply a password to
be able to enable the restricted option. Fine. I go back
and reenter the password. Same thing. WTF?
Also, I found out the hard way that the installer doesn't
like some root passwords. The one I initially entered was
'$6gd2w!' (doesn't matter, since I've since changed it.)
Then when I reboot the system at the end of install, I try
to log in as 'root'. No go. Fine, probably just have to
log in as a normal user first, then 'su' to root. No go
either. I couldn't reach the root account any way at all.
I go back, reinstall, using a password of 's6gd2w', and it
works like a charm. It would seem to me that there is a
slight problem w/ the installer if it locks the root user
out because of the password!
Monte
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What an unsuspecting mechanic hears as he learns to never, ever, play 'Catch' with a
bored electrician ;)
Monte Milanuk
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