Re: login problem

Can you su to root?
Can you su to root if you force a specific login shell?

-- Adam Lydick

On Mon, 24 Sep 2001, Roberts, Adam D wrote:

> This may seem like a very easy question, but...
>
> Intimate will not allow me to login as root, it keeps telling me the password is
> invalid.  I know the password is rootme, Iv'e even tried deleting the password
> entry in /etc/shadow and /etc/passwd.  I also tried changing the password of
> root in X-windows by using the passwd command; that didn't seem to help either.
> I just cant get it to login.  I can easily create other accounts and log in, but
> that takes away super user rights. Any suggestions?
>
>    -Adam