Re: Can't log in as root on new 7.0 install

2008-04-14 Thread David Kelly
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 01:16:45PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > Well, the two things I would guess are: there is a syntax error in > adding your regular id to the wheel group and you are typing in the > root password incorrectly. In ancient times I had IRIX lock out a user because there wa

Re: Can't log in as root on new 7.0 install

2008-04-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:35:03AM -0400, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > I've recently installed FreeBSD 7.0 on a new server. I seem to > be unable to log in as root in any way, and I'm not sure why. > Furthermore I'm now physically separate from the machine, and > have been relying on a (non-comput

Re: Can't log in as root on new 7.0 install

2008-04-14 Thread Jesse Sheidlower
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 12:01:22PM -0500, Derek Ragona wrote: > Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > >My helper did successfully log in as root over the console, > >and rebooted the server. However, all of my above problems are > >still the case: I cannot log in as root over ssh (OK, you > >addressed this), o

Re: Can't log in as root on new 7.0 install

2008-04-14 Thread Derek Ragona
At 11:30 AM 4/14/2008, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:04:21AM -0500, Derek Ragona wrote: > At 09:35 AM 4/14/2008, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > >I've recently installed FreeBSD 7.0 on a new server. I seem to > >be unable to log in as root in any way, and I'm not sure why. > >Fur

Re: Can't log in as root on new 7.0 install

2008-04-14 Thread Jesse Sheidlower
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:04:21AM -0500, Derek Ragona wrote: > At 09:35 AM 4/14/2008, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: > > >I've recently installed FreeBSD 7.0 on a new server. I seem to > >be unable to log in as root in any way, and I'm not sure why. > >Furthermore I'm now physically separate from the ma

Re: Can't log in as root on new 7.0 install

2008-04-14 Thread Derek Ragona
At 09:35 AM 4/14/2008, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: I've recently installed FreeBSD 7.0 on a new server. I seem to be unable to log in as root in any way, and I'm not sure why. Furthermore I'm now physically separate from the machine, and have been relying on a (non-computer-literate) colleague with

Can't log in as root on new 7.0 install

2008-04-14 Thread Jesse Sheidlower
I've recently installed FreeBSD 7.0 on a new server. I seem to be unable to log in as root in any way, and I'm not sure why. Furthermore I'm now physically separate from the machine, and have been relying on a (non-computer-literate) colleague with access to its console server to try and help. Af