On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 07:34 -0400, Carl Hartung wrote:

On Wednesday 20 September 2006 02:13, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
> On 20/09/06 00:02, Peo Nilsson wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> > I execute ´su´ and then the *bash* shell asks for root password, when
> > I type in the correct
> > password the shell responds with ´incorrect password´. I´m 100% sure
> > that the password I type
> > is correct. Now I also have tried ´su root´ with the same result.
>
> Boot into runlevel 1 (at the grub or lilo prompt, just type a '1', then
> <enter>). You should be prompted for the root password when the system
> comes up -- if it won't take here, you are truly out of luck.

when booting ==>
xxx...
Master resource control: Previous runlevel N, switching to runlevel 1
xxx...
Give root password for login: ´CORRECT ROOT PASSWORD´ --> ´Login incorrect´


Hi Darryl,

Wouldn't entering 'init=/bin/bash' (no quotes) at the grub boot menu result in 
the system booting to a working shell with root permissions?

Carl

When booting with: init=/bin/bash

...xxx...
==>(none):/#
(none):/# whoami --> root

This seems to work. But when I run yast I can´t find any place where root login is forbidden...:-(
I guess It´s just to edit a file directly in emacs (in the above "mode") to alow root logins again. Unfortunately I´m new
to Suse Linux so I have no clue which file to make the change in???

/Thx Peo