[ale] Goofed up root login via console, oops!
Gary S. Mackay
Gary at edisoninfo.com
Tue Nov 23 14:14:28 EST 1999
Yep! Don't know if this helps any, but the log file shows "failed login 1 from
(NULl) for root, Authentication failure".
- Gary
Joe Knapka wrote:
>
> Is the console listed in /etc/securetty?
>
> "Gary S. Mackay" wrote:
> > locally when I do happen to be on site.) I can log in locally as another user,
> > but can NOT 'su -' to 'root' from the console, only remotely.
> >
> > Totally confused? Good, so am I!
> >
> > - Gary
> >
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> -- Joe Knapka
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Gary at EdisonInfo.com
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