Thanks Derek;
The problem is the latter. He can not login from the
console as root but can login with his id and su with
not problem. Thanks anyway for the telnet information
that may come in handy should he ever get past the
problem, where his machine becomes usable.
Thanks
Mike M.
--- Derek Glidden <dglidden@illusionary.com> wrote:
> Michael Manchester wrote:
> >
> > My Son has installed Redhat Linux 6.2 three times
> with
> > the same problem. Seems the root password changes.
> > Each time he has to reinstall Linux to solve the
> > problem. Let me say that it's only root's
> password. su
> > still works. In other words if he tries to logon
> as
> > root he gets and invalid login prompt. If he logs
> in
> > as a user and su's he can login using the root
> > password. Is that STRANGE or what. I always
> thought
> > the root and su were the same.
> >
> > Any thoughts on what his problem is/and how he
> stop
> > this from happening?
>
> It's not strange if he's trying to telnet into the
> box and it's denying
> a login from root. In every UNIX-like installation
> I know of, the
> 'root' user is *not* allowed to log directly into a
> box remotely,
> although she is allowed to log in directly from the
> console. That would
> be an explanation why your son can log in as himself
> and then 'su' to
> root, but cannot log directly in as 'root'.
>
> I would tell you how to allow 'root' to log in
> directly via non-local
> connections, but personally I think you should have
> to work it out for
> yourself so you understand exactly what it is you
> are enabling by
> letting 'root' log in from anywhere.
>
> Now, if he also cannot log in as 'root' from the
> console, that would
> indicate something really bizarre for which I don't
> have an easy
> explanation.
>
> --
>
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> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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>
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