Well, this is bizarre, but as it turns out, ALL the permissions in /etc had somehow been changed to 777 !!?? I changed them to 644 and now I can log in as root again. Of course, 644 isn't right either. But I have another SuSE box in the lab from which I can list the correct permissions in /etc. Now all I have to do is go in and change everything........sigh. Mike ----------------------------------------------------- Cleary_Mike@emc.com ----------------------------------------------------- Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. -----Original Message----- From: Rodrigo Nascimento [mailto:nascimento2103@yahoo.com.br] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:57 AM To: Cleary_Mike@emc.com; suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [SLE] Can't log in as root - Solution (I think...) I found a note in SUSE website: Do you have installed ALICE package? if yes, this application set the root password to "blank" Test it. --- Cleary_Mike@emc.com escreveu: > I'm using KDE 3.1.1 which I installed via YOU.
And no, I cannot Ctl+Alt+F1 and login as root.
Also, when I open YAST2, it asks me for the root password, and this works just fine. This is really weird.
Mike
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Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that.
-----Original Message----- From: Steven T. Hatton [mailto:hattons@speakeasy.net] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:20 AM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Can't log in as root
Yesterday I discovered a strange problem with my SuSE 8.1 box at work. I logged out of KDE, and then tried to log in as root. It tells me that the login is incorrect. However, as a user, I can su to root using the same
On Thursday 03 April 2003 09:05 am, Cleary_Mike@emc.com wrote: password. I can even change the
password, but I still can't log in as root.
BTW, I am not trying to login through a telnet session. I am trying to log in at the machine.
TIA,
Mike
What KDE are you using? Did you build from konstruct? That happened to me when I used the construct KDM. I just scratched my head and decided it wasn't worth trying to figure out. Can you Ctl+Alt+F1 and login as root?
STH
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