Posted by Frank Hale on 2001-01-24
No you misunderstood. I am not new to Linux, the problem I am having is after installing Debian and on its initial reboot before it fully loads up it will ask you to enter in a root password that you want to use. I enter it in press ok, then enter it in again to confirm it and press ok, then it goes back to the screen which tells me I need to enter in a password for root. I could enter in the root password I want a million times if I chose to and I would have to still keep doing because it will not accept it, it thinks I am not designating a root password or something. ----- Original Message ----- From: <mouse@xxxx.xxx> To: <frankhale@xxxxxxxx.xxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 2:50 PM Subject: Debian 2.2r2 install > The newer releases of Linux seem to disallow the root to login > at all unless you "su" over to root. I'm not sure if it's just > to a specific installation type or a default. You can change a > file that allows you to login from anywhere or from a specific > node. > > > /etc/securetty > > > The above file contains or should contain: > (NOTE: These are for local machine logins only.) > > # Add a "pts/#" replacing the # with an actual number to allow > # logins as root from outside of your machine. This was from > # Linux Mandrake 7.1 (helium) and is not advised to change > # this unless you want more of a unsecure Linux machine. > tty1 > tty2 > tty3 > tty4 > tty5 > tty6 > > I know that most Linux distributions use this file to see > whether or not root may login locally or not login at all > or from a outside source. I added the comments above that > so you know, it's not safe to allow ANY ONE EVEN YOURSELF > to login "root" from remote locations. > > > > >
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