Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:38:59 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: questions FreeBSD <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>, Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> Subject: Re: Diskless question Message-ID: <5177E073.5040308@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <44mwsow000.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> References: <51779573.20207@bananmonarki.se> <5177B43C.8000509@qeng-ho.org> <5177BA0C.5080002@bananmonarki.se> <44mwsow000.fsf@lowell-desk.lan>
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On 04/24/13 14:07, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> writes: > >> 2013-04-24 12:30, Arthur Chance skrev: >>> On 04/24/13 09:18, Bernt Hansson wrote: >>>> Hello list! >>>> >>>> I have set up a diskless machine with 8.3-stable and i as a user can log >>>> in, but when I try to log in as root it won't work. How to resolv that >>>> issue. I have tried with and without password but the computer said no. >>> >>> How did it say no? What does the entry for root in /etc/passwd say? >> >> $su >> Sorry >> >> root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh > ^ > / \ > > Root has no valid password. > > You'll need to go into single-user mode and either give it one or > install sudo and add your regular user to the sudoers file. No, that's from /etc/passwd which never shows any real password information. The true password field is in /etc/master.passwd and I'm not going to ask anyone to show that here. However, the OP should check it's got a valid looking field value rather than just a '*' -- In the dungeons of Mordor, Sauron bred Orcs with LOLcats to create a new race of servants. Called Uruk-Oh-Hai in the Black Speech, they were cruel and delighted in torturing spelling and grammar. _Lord of the Rings 2.0, the Web Edition_
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