root cannot login tho sudo user can
Karl L
karlh at concentric.net
Wed May 12 22:23:05 UTC 2004
On Wed, 12 May 2004 20:24:48 +0100
Steve Searle <steve at stevesearle.com> wrote:
> Around 05:44pm on Wednesday, May 12, 2004 (UK time), Karl L scrawled:
>
> > I forget to add: I'm logging into X. The only thing out of the
> > ordinary in the XFree86 log is a warning note about a bad system-v
> > checksum but I dsicount that since X works fine for my sudoer.
>
> Can you log into root from a virtual terminal (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-F2)?
>
> Steve
>
>
Yes, I can. Problem is that once there, I can't get back. 'startx' does not work and neither does 'exit'. Still, I have full root access once there. I have always been sorta partial to the command line so I may haveta just get used to it all over again :)
Karl L
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