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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 1997 13:35:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sushmala Yarramreddy <ysr@cise.ufl.edu>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Cannot login as root.
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Hi,

We have installed FreeBSD-2.2.2 on one of our machines.
I have the root password for the machine but when i login as root
and type in the root  passwd it gives back the original login screen.
I cannot directly login as root. why is it so?

Thanks,
sushma.