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Date:      Wed, 2 Jul 1997 12:23:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To:        Sushmala Yarramreddy <ysr@cise.ufl.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cannot login as root.
Message-ID:  <Pine.UW2.3.95.970702122130.19673F-100000@cedb>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970702133238.10808A-100000@tangerine.cise.ufl.edu>

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On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Sushmala Yarramreddy wrote:
> 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?

What's the message you get?  One of these?

  login: root
  Password:
  Login incorrect

If this you really don't have the root password.

  login: root
  Password:
  root login refused on this terminal.

If this one, then your system is correctly configured and you 
can't login as root from a telnet session.  Login as a normal
user and su.

Dan
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