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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:08:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ameer Armaly <ameer@charter.net>
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Subject: Re: system not letting me log in as root 
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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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