Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 15:27:18 +0200 (CEST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Trond_Endrest=F8l?= <Trond.Endrestol@fagskolen.gjovik.no> To: questions FreeBSD <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Cc: Bernt Hansson <bah@bananmonarki.se> Subject: Re: Diskless question Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1304241525130.9964@mail.fig.ol.no> 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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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --2055831798-1109238043-1366810038=:9964 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 09:07-0400, 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. Why look at the /etc/passwd file when the key files are: * /etc/master.passwd * /etc/spwd.db * /etc/passwd * /etc/pwd.db -- +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Vennlig hilsen, | Best regards, | | Trond Endrestøl, | Trond Endrestøl, | | IT-ansvarlig, | System administrator, | | Fagskolen Innlandet, | Gjøvik Technical College, Norway, | | tlf. mob. 952 62 567, | Cellular...: +47 952 62 567, | | sentralbord 61 14 54 00. | Switchboard: +47 61 14 54 00. | +-------------------------------+------------------------------------+ --2055831798-1109238043-1366810038=:9964--
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