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This hypothesis could be re-inforced if you can successfully login as a normal
user and then su to check that file's contents and permissions.

-rw-------    1 root     root          114 Mar 29  2000 /etc/securetty

                tony

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Quote:>> 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.

> Perhaps something happened to the /etc/securetty file. The tty must be listed
> in this file for the login process to request a password of the root user.

> This hypothesis could be re-inforced if you can successfully login as a normal
> user and then su to check that file's contents and permissions.

> -rw-------    1 root     root          114 Mar 29  2000 /etc/securetty

vc/1
vc/2
vc/3
vc/4
vc/5
vc/6
vc/7
vc/8
vc/9
vc/10
vc/11
tty1
tty2
tty3
tty4
tty5
tty6
tty7
tty8
tty9
tty10
tty11

                        tony

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richard

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Can you login as a non-root user?  If so, can you then "su -" to root?

Is this at a console prompt, or is this an xdm/kdm/gdm login session?

Any changes to your /etc/pam.d area lately?  

Is there another machine nearby from which you can telnet into your system?

Do you have syslog logging everything to /dev/tty8 or /dev/tty12?  If so,
can you switch to that console and see any error messages?

Can you shut the machine down, boot single-user and look at your
/var/log/messages file for any interesting messages?

        Stu

 Is this at a console prompt, or is this an xdm/kdm/gdm login session?
Console

Any changes to your /etc/pam.d area lately?
I'll have to check

 Is there another machine nearby from which you can telnet into your system?
Yes but I can't telnet in.

Do you have syslog logging everything to /dev/tty8 or /dev/tty12?  If so,
can you switch to that console and see any error messages?
Nope.  All goes to /var/log/messages

Can you shut the machine down, boot single-user and look at your
 /var/log/messages file for any interesting messages?
Yes. Nothing interesting.

I did find a solution.  I had to update the following package:
util-linux-2.11f-17.7.2.i386.rpm

This fixed the RedHat bug.