On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 21:30, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > > > > >> In the old days I'd have simply advised him > >> to clear the password field in .../etc/passwd > >> but it's apparently rather more involved now. > > [...........] > > > > > > Just take out the "x" such that it's: > > > > root::0:0root:/root/bin/bash > > > > This will make it so there is NO password (hit return at the > > password prompt.) The "x" means that there is some form of shadow > > password present, and that the system should use the configured > > scheme to obtain it. > > > > He can then set the password locally on his machine, which will > > create a password in whatever scheme is configured. > > > It appears that this approach does not work: > > >Password: > >su: Authentication failure > >Sorry. > > > I had already tried many variations on that theme > before I came crawling to GNHLUG for help... > Sorry, the last time I actually edited a passwd file was RedHat 5.2 or 6.0.
Did you try the trick on the shadow file, or deleting the root entry from the shadow file? Rich (who hasn't set up his sig file in Linux yet and doesn't want to keep typing it.) ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
