On Thu, 03 Feb 2000, Randall Randall wrote:
> Okay, got another issue, now. :)
>
> I'm trying to install a system without X,
> and have to go through and delete packages
> manually, in "expert" mode. It claims to
> be installing all the dependencies (including
> things I don't really want (like X libraries)
> but apparently MUST have. Every time I give
> it a root password, and finish the installation,
> I can't login. No matter how carefully I type,
> it says: Login Incorrect.
>
> Here's the weird part: I can login fine as
> another user, and use "su" to login as root,
> and it WORKS. I just can't login initially
> as root.
IIRC, that is a security feature, that you cannot login directly as
root.
--
Ronald
