From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 24 10:30:29 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDE521B2 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:30:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from blue.qeng-ho.org (blue.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 439AD1CCD for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:30:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r3OAUKEd066571; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:30:20 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Message-ID: <5177B43C.8000509@qeng-ho.org> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:30:20 +0100 From: Arthur Chance User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130409 Thunderbird/17.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bernt Hansson Subject: Re: Diskless question References: <51779573.20207@bananmonarki.se> In-Reply-To: <51779573.20207@bananmonarki.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:30:29 -0000 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? -- 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_