On Fri Nov 13, 2020 at 11:06 AM EST, Jack Frost via arch-general wrote: > What setting is preventing root from being able to authenticate. I > noticed when I went to cups on localhost:631 and tried to do an admin > task and needed to authenticate. Root couldn't login. Perhaps the root account is locked with `passwd -l root`? You can try and check by looking through the `/etc/passwd` file. If after `root:` is an `!` or a `*`, then you won't be able to login. > How do I allow root logins under Arch/Arco linux at a console??? Assuming you have access to the bootloader, you can try "Using bash as init"[1] or the other options on the Wiki page. [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reset_lost_root_password#Using_bash_as_init - Steven
