do you have numbers in you password? is the num lock light on when you type the password and are you using the numberpad keys?
On Friday 08 March 2002 17:19, you wrote: > Paul F. Fraley wrote: > > I DL'd and upgraded with the MDK 8.2 beta4 cd-ISOs yesterday on a working > > 8.0 installation. > > i am saying with 8.1. and skipping 8.2 > > > I was able to log in as root from the graphic login screen one time. > > After that I tried to log in as root, ROOT, and Root, getting a "login > > failed" message. Same result from the command line. > > should _always_ be 'root'. but then we are dealing with electronics. > > > I was able to log in as a user, and su to root using the same password > > that did not work for root. > > normal > > > As su, I did "passwd root" and entered a password. Didn't help with > > root, worked fine with su. > > see below > > > I thought the su and root passwords were the same? Or was the login > > failing because there was no user named root somehow? > > they "should" be. not likely > > from what you write, you may have security set at max, > no root log in from console. > > nothing wrong with that. you should not log in as root anyway. > > you should find that at lilo boot prompt, if you enter > 'linux init 1' or 'linux init 3', you will boot to > 'maintenance/single user' or 'multi user/command line'. > > at init 1, you need no password, at init 3, users log in with > password, still no root. again, high security level is set. > > > I'm fixed now, I did an install to get rid of the upgrade, since there > > were several problems. But I would still like input on how to fix this > > should it happen again. > > so is my ex-girlfriend's cat, but he is not very happy about it. > > [clean install always better than upgrade.] > > it is not broke. do not try to fix it. leave it alone. > > it is that way for a reason. it is that way to make things more secure. > > it is a feature, not a bug/fault/error. > > until you learn more about unix/linux security, _do_not_ weaken system. > > should by some chance you need to boot unsafe, boot to init 1. > > if others are going to have access to you system, add passwording > to 'lilo.conf' run 'lilo' and remove file from system. > > put a lock on boot floppy drive. ;) > > hth. > > iat. > being that you are new to open world of unix and linux, > i would suggest you find some good books on security. > > btw. > tabs are a waste. blank lines break thoughts. 79 line wrap is nice. > > > tc,hago. > > g > .
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