Re: cannot login as root directly

From: steve harris (steveharris1@hotmail.com)
Date: 02/17/03 

From: steve harris <steveharris1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 07:45:05 -0600

Chris Overman wrote:

> I just installed Mandrake Linux 9.0.
>
> The strange thing is:
> I cannot login with the root account.
> I can login via a user account, then type 'su' and login as root with the
> same password that doesn't work when logging in with root directly.
>
> Can someone clearify this and provide a hint to solve this ?

When you did the install, what security level did you choose?
The highest will not let you log into root.

Or is that RedHat?

Start up Mandrake Control Center and change your security level to something
lower and see if that works. If not, never mind!

Steve

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