> The work-around for this is to never login as root. You can always 'su' > into root status from a normal user account. This is done with the su > command, and enter the root's password.
su doesn't work either. Has this ever happened to anyone besides me? Thanks, Larry Nobs > > There are logs in the directory /var/log > > -Jon > > On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 13:01, lrnobs wrote: > > > First, when you are logged in as root issue the passwd command and > > > recreate your password. This may reset it and fix your problem. > > > > I changed the password but the failure still exists. I also used another > > keyboard with no success. > > > > Startup, login as root - ok, login as user - ok, try to login again as > > root - login incorrect... > > > > Any other ideas, or is there some type of log I can check? > > > > I could always reinstall from scratch, but this just makes no sense. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Larry Nobs > > > > > > > On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 11:31, lrnobs wrote: > > > > I am installing RH 7.3. I had a problem of the root password not > > working. > > > > I found information on how to delete then recreate the root password. I > > did > > > > that and it worked. > > > > > > > > Now, if I login as a user, then try to login as root the root password > > does > > > > not work, but if I power off the computer and restart then root password > > > > works? Is this a known problem somewhere? > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
