As far as I know it doesn't work on tty1-tty6, and they all are in securetty. --- 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 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 at sent.com> > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > The Moon is New > 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
