Re: system not letting me log in as root

Re: system not letting me log in as root

[Igor Gueths]

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Can you login as any other users? I remember having this problem a while back...I think inittab had something to do with it, however don't remember since it was a while ago.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 04:56:47PM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote:
> Hi all.
> I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username, it 
> acts as if that's invallid.
> What's wrong?
> Ameer
> 
> 
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system not letting me log in as root

[Ameer Armaly]

Hi all.
I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username, it 
acts as if that's invallid.
What's wrong?
Ameer

Re: system not letting me log in as root

[Igor Gueths]

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hmm...Did you check system logs from the time you were gone to the time you returned? That may be a subtle, but sure sign of system compromise. In the meantime, try going single user and 
changing Root's password? Either that, or you perhaps mistakenly did something that would prevent you from logging in?
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 07:08:33PM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote:
> I can log in as any other user than root (this is a debian unstable system,
> but with no package upgrades within 2 weeks.)
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> From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@lava-net.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 3:55 PM
> Subject: Re: system not letting me log in as root
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> > Can you login as any other users? I remember having this problem a while
> back...I think inittab had something to do with it, however don't remember
> since it was a while ago.
> > On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 04:56:47PM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote:
> > > Hi all.
> > > I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username,
> it
> > > acts as if that's invallid.
> > > What's wrong?
> > > Ameer
> > >
> > >
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Re: system not letting me log in as root

[Kirk Reiser]

Ameer Armaly <ameer@charter.net> writes:

> I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username,
> it acts as if that's invallid.
> What's wrong?

It's Friday.
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Re: system not letting me log in as root

[Ameer Armaly]

I can log in as any other user than root (this is a debian unstable system,
but with no package upgrades within 2 weeks.)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@lava-net.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: system not letting me log in as root


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> Can you login as any other users? I remember having this problem a while
back...I think inittab had something to do with it, however don't remember
since it was a while ago.
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 04:56:47PM -0400, Ameer Armaly wrote:
> > Hi all.
> > I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username,
it
> > acts as if that's invallid.
> > What's wrong?
> > Ameer
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
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Re: system not letting me log in as root

[Gene Collins]

Hi Ameer.  Did you make sure the caps lock is not on on the console you
are trying to use for rroot login?  I know it's obvious, but sometimes
it's the obvious things that get over looked.

Gene

>Hi all.
>I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username, it 
>acts as if that's invallid.
>What's wrong?
>Ameer
>
>
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Re: system not letting me log in as root

[Ameer Armaly]

I  can log into my normal user (all lowercase), and it works fine.
The thing is, with root, it doesn't even prompt for a password, just spits 
me out.


On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Gene Collins wrote:

> Hi Ameer.  Did you make sure the caps lock is not on on the console you
> are trying to use for rroot login?  I know it's obvious, but sometimes
> it's the obvious things that get over looked.
>
> Gene
>
>> Hi all.
>> I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username, it
>> acts as if that's invallid.
>> What's wrong?
>> Ameer
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
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Re: system not letting me log in as root

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Can you become root with the "su" command after logging in as a normal
user?

Not sure what that will tell us, but I am curious.

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote:

> I  can log into my normal user (all lowercase), and it works fine.
> The thing is, with root, it doesn't even prompt for a password, just spits me 
> out.
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Gene Collins wrote:
>
>> Hi Ameer.  Did you make sure the caps lock is not on on the console you
>> are trying to use for rroot login?  I know it's obvious, but sometimes
>> it's the obvious things that get over looked.
>> 
>> Gene
>> 
>>> Hi all.
>>> I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username, 
>>> it
>>> acts as if that's invallid.
>>> What's wrong?
>>> Ameer
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Speakup mailing list
>>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
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>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>> 
>
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Re: system not letting me log in as root

[Ameer Armaly]

su works exactly as expected.


Life is either tragedy or comedy.
 Usually it's your choice. You can whine or you can laugh.
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From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@sent.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: system not letting me log in as root


> Can you become root with the "su" command after logging in as a normal
> user?
>
> Not sure what that will tell us, but I am curious.
>
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote:
>
> > I  can log into my normal user (all lowercase), and it works fine.
> > The thing is, with root, it doesn't even prompt for a password, just
spits me
> > out.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Gene Collins wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Ameer.  Did you make sure the caps lock is not on on the console you
> >> are trying to use for rroot login?  I know it's obvious, but sometimes
> >> it's the obvious things that get over looked.
> >>
> >> Gene
> >>
> >>> Hi all.
> >>> I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username,
> >>> it
> >>> acts as if that's invallid.
> >>> What's wrong?
> >>> Ameer
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> _______________________________________________
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> >>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >>
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> >>
> >
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>
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Re: system not letting me log in as root

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

Ameer,

When you try to log in as root and it fails, what console are you using?
Is that console mentioned in /etc/securetty? Only consoles mentioned in
that file will support root logins, although normal users might log in
okay.


On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote:

> su works exactly as expected.
>
>
> Life is either tragedy or comedy.
> Usually it's your choice. You can whine or you can laugh.
> --Animorphs
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@sent.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: system not letting me log in as root
>
>
>> Can you become root with the "su" command after logging in as a normal
>> user?
>>
>> Not sure what that will tell us, but I am curious.
>>
>> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote:
>>
>>> I  can log into my normal user (all lowercase), and it works fine.
>>> The thing is, with root, it doesn't even prompt for a password, just
> spits me
>>> out.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Gene Collins wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ameer.  Did you make sure the caps lock is not on on the console you
>>>> are trying to use for rroot login?  I know it's obvious, but sometimes
>>>> it's the obvious things that get over looked.
>>>>
>>>> Gene
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all.
>>>>> I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the username,
>>>>> it
>>>>> acts as if that's invallid.
>>>>> What's wrong?
>>>>> Ameer
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
>>>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>
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>>
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Re: system not letting me log in as root

[Ameer Armaly]

As far as I know it doesn't work on tty1-tty6, and they all are in
securetty.

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From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@sent.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: system not letting me log in as root


> Ameer,
>
> When you try to log in as root and it fails, what console are you using?
> Is that console mentioned in /etc/securetty? Only consoles mentioned in
> that file will support root logins, although normal users might log in
> okay.
>
>
> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote:
>
> > su works exactly as expected.
> >
> >
> > Life is either tragedy or comedy.
> > Usually it's your choice. You can whine or you can laugh.
> > --Animorphs
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chuck Hallenbeck" <chuckh@sent.com>
> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 4:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: system not letting me log in as root
> >
> >
> >> Can you become root with the "su" command after logging in as a normal
> >> user?
> >>
> >> Not sure what that will tell us, but I am curious.
> >>
> >> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Ameer Armaly wrote:
> >>
> >>> I  can log into my normal user (all lowercase), and it works fine.
> >>> The thing is, with root, it doesn't even prompt for a password, just
> > spits me
> >>> out.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004, Gene Collins wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi Ameer.  Did you make sure the caps lock is not on on the console
you
> >>>> are trying to use for rroot login?  I know it's obvious, but
sometimes
> >>>> it's the obvious things that get over looked.
> >>>>
> >>>> Gene
> >>>>
> >>>>> Hi all.
> >>>>> I just got back to my system, and when I type in root as the
username,
> >>>>> it
> >>>>> acts as if that's invallid.
> >>>>> What's wrong?
> >>>>> Ameer
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>>> Speakup mailing list
> >>>>> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> >>>>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >>>>
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> >>>
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