it means you kill yourself. Off course that is very unsecure, cause you
can login as root from remote.
On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, LINUX_1 wrote:
> Perhaps you have an empty /etc/securetty ???
> deleting your /etc/securetty you'll be able to log on as root from
> everywhere
>
> > I have 2 machines running Mandrake 7.0, one of which refuses to
> > allow a
> > login as root. Any password, even the correct one, is "Incorrect".
> > You have to
> > log in as a user, then su to root. This woks reliably.
> >
> > The machine in question is an AMD K6/2-350, 64MB of ram, 4.3
> > Gig for
> > linux. and running an SiS 6326 video card. This latest
> > installation is a
> > reinstall after an upgrade from 6.1 failed miserably. The problem
> > was present
> > under 6.1 as well.
> >
> > Any ideas? I have an AMD i586 running here, and you can log in as
> > root fine.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Declan Moriarty
> >
> >
>
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