From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wsip-24-249-27-228.ri.ri.cox.net ([24.249.27.228] helo=lava-net.com ident=1018) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1C5vZQ-00056Z-00 for ; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:16:48 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 1020) by lava-net.com with local; Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:17:17 -0400 id 0008828D.414227ED.0000589E Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:17:17 -0400 From: Igor Gueths To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20040910221717.GA22629@lava-net.com> References: <20040910195502.GA21146@lava-net.com> <000901c4978b$189bf9a0$0200a8c0@haneyhbmu5pv2g> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000901c4978b$189bf9a0$0200a8c0@haneyhbmu5pv2g> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: system not letting me log in as root X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:16:48 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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.) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Igor Gueths" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 3:55 PM > Subject: Re: system not letting me log in as root > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > 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 > > > > - -- > > Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFBQgaWNohoaf1zXJMRAlJ0AJ9KENnx/t4Nb9c9TFwr0rxDoyil/wCbB92V > > vvDFC91J7p+T0YdPI9yEn1Q= > > =ExbP > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBQiftNohoaf1zXJMRApQgAJ92UuFZo+0nlKduikx0sLZPlh1hNQCgrS0G gHpCjXJUMuySkNxmJUk3hpA= =LTtw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----