Can't su to root

Sergiusz Pawlowicz ser at metalab.unc.edu
Tue Aug 20 19:55:37 CEST 2002


--->[Quoting lmbeng <lmbeng at wkla.com>:]

> I only have  one minor problem, I can't su  to root during a
> telnet session  or log  in as  root for  an ssh  session. It
> comes back saying invalid password.

You should _not_ use telnet at  al, and do not ssh directly to
root account. Instead of ssh into your normal account and 'su'
-  but firstly  edit  /etc/group file  and  add yourself  into
'wheel' group.

> P.S  for the  people  working  on the  website  the link  to
> subscribe  to this  list has  a -  at the  beginning of  the
> address.

The real documentation is on http://www.pld-linux.org/


cheers - Sergiusz
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