I had the same problem. Check and see if the file /etc/securetty has entries in it. It should have something similar to the following: # tty0 tty1 tty2 tty3 If not add. Worked for me.
John On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 21:19, SI Reasoning wrote: > What security level did you choose? > > On Wednesday 20 March 2002 08:01 pm, you wrote: > > Strange behavior from 8.2 full... > > I can't log in as root, have to log in as my regular user then su root. > > When I try to log in as root, the system tells me that authentication > > failed, but when I su root, it takes my password fine. > > Anyone explain this? >
