Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 18:41:21 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Eswaran Srinivasan <eswar@idc.tandem.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Eswaran Srinivasan <eswar@idc.tandem.com> Subject: Re: URGENT HELP NEEDED - root login denied Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971021183705.818A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <9710211502.AA18102@pelican.isd>
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On Tue, 21 Oct 1997, Eswaran Srinivasan wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed Free BSD Release 2.2.2 on a system called "olympus". > It is working fine and I am able to login as "root" from the console > and do the stuff. > > PS: I am new to Free BSD and am really sorry if this is a very silly > question ;-( But, I need to know this quickly to proceed with my > work. Any help would be appreciated. > > FROM REMOTE SYSTEM > ------------------ > > When I am attempting to login as "root" from some other system (lexus), it > gives the following error on the console: > > Oct 21 20:39:50 olympus inetd[389]: login_getclass: unknown class 'root' > Oct 21 20:39:55 olympus login: login_getclass: unknown class 'root' > Oct 21 20:39:58 olympus login: LOGIN root REFUSED (NOROOT) FROM lexus ON > TTY ttyp1 > > So, I am NOT able to login as 'root' from any other system onto 'olympus'. By default, ptys (i.e. pseudo terminals) are insecure, meaning root cannot login on them, and for a good reason. It is better to *never* login as root. Instead make sure your own user is a member of the wheel group (if not, add it, to the appropriate line in /etc/group so it reads: wheel:*:0:root,eswar ) and use su to get root privileges. > > FROM LOCAL CONSOLE > ------------------ > > Please note that, when I am trying to login as "root" from the local > console, I am getting the following message: > > Oct 21 20:39:55 olympus login: login_getclass: unknown class 'root' > > But, I AM ABLE to login to the system as "root" from the local console > of the system "olympus". Only 'root' login from a remote system to > 'olympus' fails. For this, see the errata file: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/2.2.2R/errata.html [snip] > > Any help would highly be appreciated... > > Regards > - Eswaran Srinivasan > > \\|// > (o ~) > -------oOO--(_)--OOo----------------------------------------------------------- > Eswaran Srinivasan | Contact : > Wipro Infotech Group - Global R&D | Phone : 91-80-5522296, Ext: 3076 > 26, Chamundi Complex, | E-Mail : eswar@wipinfo.soft.net > Begur-Hongasandra Village | eswar@idc.tandem.com > Bommanahalli, Bangalore - 560 068 | > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Nadav
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