On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 01:39:11PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > Art, > > What does 'grep root /etc/passwd' show?
It shows root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash Art > > Bob > > On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Art Lemasters wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 07:49:37PM +0000, Mark Brown wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 23, 1999 at 01:11:24PM +0000, Art Lemasters wrote: > > > > > > > The present situation is that the system is running slink > > > > (frozen), and logins to root can be made without a password while all > > > > other users require passwords. I'm stalling remote users (volunteer > > > > projects) until this situation is remedied. > > > > > > If I understand you correctly, you should run the passwd program as root > > > to set a password. > > > > I tried that, but a login to root still requires only the login: root > > without a password. It appears to be logging to root in a shell other than > > the default shell. > > > > Art > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mark Brown mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trying to avoid grumpiness) > > > http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~broonie/ > > > EUFS http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/filmsoc/ > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > > ---- > Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen >