Re: [newbie] wierd login prob

2001-08-01 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Are you saying that you can't log in as root from a console (i.e. not just a X terminal window)? This is a setting that is designed to enhance security. A cracker can do the most damage to a system if they gain root access. This setup forces the cracker to first gain access to a user account an

[newbie] wierd login prob

2001-08-01 Thread Robert MacLean
Hello I have my machine startup to Xwindows, and I get that login screen. I have user setup and there is also the root user. I can log in fine with both of them in XWindows. If I log in as the user and in the console type su, and the root password it logins in fine. The problem is when i shutdown