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@xxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at 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 at braille.uwo.ca > >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (1% of Full) > My home page is at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > My speakfreely address is 24.105.197.112:2074 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
