by Ji » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:43:00
by mjt » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:51:02
...that's easy, you're not supposed to log in as root !!!! you shouldQuote:> Something weird is happening hear... When I boot my redhat linux box,
> it starts everything up and comes to a login prompt. I type in "root"
> and hit enter. Instead of asking for a password, it goes right back
> to the login prompt. Anybody have any ideas what could be going on???
> This system has been working fine for months.
on another note, at what runlevel are you at?
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by Jim McKinstr » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:01:22
> > Something weird is happening hear... When I boot my redhat linux box,
> > it starts everything up and comes to a login prompt. I type in "root"
> > and hit enter. Instead of asking for a password, it goes right back
> > to the login prompt. Anybody have any ideas what could be going on???
> > This system has been working fine for months.
> ...that's easy, you're not supposed to log in as root !!!! you should
> be loggin in as a regular user and 'su-ing' or 'sudo-ing' your root
> oriented stuff.
> on another note, at what runlevel are you at?
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> Michael J. Tobler: motorcyclist, surfer, # Black holes result
> skydiver, and author: "Inside Linux", # when God divides the
> "C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" # universe by zero
by Travis Case » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:31:14
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by mjt » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 11:39:06
> > > Something weird is happening hear... When I boot my redhat linux box,
> > > it starts everything up and comes to a login prompt. I type in "root"
> > > and hit enter. Instead of asking for a password, it goes right back
> > > to the login prompt. Anybody have any ideas what could be going on???
> > > This system has been working fine for months.
> > ...that's easy, you're not supposed to log in as root !!!! you should
> > be loggin in as a regular user and 'su-ing' or 'sudo-ing' your root
> > oriented stuff.
> > on another note, at what runlevel are you at?
... then you dont understand what i'm referring to. i'm not saying
that you CANT login as root mechanically ... i'm talking more at
the logical level. for security reasons and system safety reasons,
you should NEVER log in as root. sure, you CAN, but you SHOULD NOT
be. and what do you mean, "i can log in as root because i'm at the
console". doesnt matter whether you're at runlevel 3 or 5 for a
login, you shouldnt be doing it.
anyway, i'd get in at runlevel 1 and poke around and see what is
up (or use your recovery floppy (you did create one, right?) or
use CD1 in recovery mode)
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Michael J. Tobler: motorcyclist, surfer, # Black holes result
skydiver, and author: "Inside Linux", # when God divides the
"C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" # universe by zero
by jrm » Fri, 20 Sep 2002 21:50:45
> > "that's easy, you're not supposed to log in as root !"
> > Um, no. I'm on the console. There is no restriction for root login on
the
> > console. It has always worked in the past. No other accounts can login
> > either. Don't know the run level because I can't login to look. When I
> > boot into single user mode, I can "su" to different accounts.
> > > > Something weird is happening hear... When I boot my redhat linux
box,
> > > > it starts everything up and comes to a login prompt. I type in
"root"
> > > > and hit enter. Instead of asking for a password, it goes right back
> > > > to the login prompt. Anybody have any ideas what could be going
on???
> > > > This system has been working fine for months.
> > > ...that's easy, you're not supposed to log in as root !!!! you should
> > > be loggin in as a regular user and 'su-ing' or 'sudo-ing' your root
> > > oriented stuff.
> > > on another note, at what runlevel are you at?
> please stop top-posting ...
> ... then you dont understand what i'm referring to. i'm not saying
> that you CANT login as root mechanically ... i'm talking more at
> the logical level. for security reasons and system safety reasons,
> you should NEVER log in as root. sure, you CAN, but you SHOULD NOT
> be. and what do you mean, "i can log in as root because i'm at the
> console". doesnt matter whether you're at runlevel 3 or 5 for a
> login, you shouldnt be doing it.
> anyway, i'd get in at runlevel 1 and poke around and see what is
> up (or use your recovery floppy (you did create one, right?) or
> use CD1 in recovery mode)
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Michael J. Tobler: motorcyclist, surfer, # Black holes result
> skydiver, and author: "Inside Linux", # when God divides the
> "C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" # universe by zero
by mjt » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 01:22:07
... hmmmmm. so you've been a "unix system admin for 10 years" andQuote:> "then you dont understand what i'm referring to"
> I knew EXACTLY what you were refering to. I didn't ask for a leason inUNIX
> Admin theory, I asked for help with a real problem. I've been an UNIX admin
> for over 10 years and have never seen this problem before.
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Michael J. Tobler: motorcyclist, surfer, # Black holes result
skydiver, and author: "Inside Linux", # when God divides the
"C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" # universe by zero
by Ji » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 04:08:52
> > "that's easy, you're not supposed to log in as root !"
> > Um, no. I'm on the console. There is no restriction for root login on the
> > console. It has always worked in the past. No other accounts can login
> > either. Don't know the run level because I can't login to look. When I
> > boot into single user mode, I can "su" to different accounts.
> > > > Something weird is happening hear... When I boot my redhat linux box,
> > > > it starts everything up and comes to a login prompt. I type in "root"
> > > > and hit enter. Instead of asking for a password, it goes right back
> > > > to the login prompt. Anybody have any ideas what could be going on???
> > > > This system has been working fine for months.
> > > ...that's easy, you're not supposed to log in as root !!!! you should
> > > be loggin in as a regular user and 'su-ing' or 'sudo-ing' your root
> > > oriented stuff.
> > > on another note, at what runlevel are you at?
> please stop top-posting ...
> ... then you dont understand what i'm referring to. i'm not saying
> that you CANT login as root mechanically ... i'm talking more at
> the logical level. for security reasons and system safety reasons,
> you should NEVER log in as root. sure, you CAN, but you SHOULD NOT
> be. and what do you mean, "i can log in as root because i'm at the
> console". doesnt matter whether you're at runlevel 3 or 5 for a
> login, you shouldnt be doing it.
> anyway, i'd get in at runlevel 1 and poke around and see what is
> up (or use your recovery floppy (you did create one, right?) or
> use CD1 in recovery mode)
This fixed the RedHat bug.
by jrm » Sat, 21 Sep 2002 10:33:23
> > "then you dont understand what i'm referring to"
> > I knew EXACTLY what you were refering to. I didn't ask for a leason
inUNIX
> > Admin theory, I asked for help with a real problem. I've been an UNIX
admin
> > for over 10 years and have never seen this problem before.
> ... hmmmmm. so you've been a "unix system admin for 10 years" and
> you dont know how to get around this? this is a very basic procedure
> well-known among sysadmins :)
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> Michael J. Tobler: motorcyclist, surfer, # Black holes result
> skydiver, and author: "Inside Linux", # when God divides the
> "C++ HowTo", "C++ Unleashed" # universe by zero
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