In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Chris Zander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>- -> I removed the responsible entry from /etc/inittab.
> Which one?
>
> this one: 1:2345:respawn:/bin/login root </dev/tty1 >/dev/tty1 2>&1
That's not something that is installed by any Debian system. Someone
must have put that in there by hand. It should look like this:
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
>- -> What do you mean with "the root login" ?
>After the system boot finishes, I can login into tty1 (e.g.) as root without
>supplying the password. However, when I need to become root when being logged
>in
>as a "normal" user (using su), this requires a password.
You probably have shadow and non-shadow stuff mixed up on your system. Try
running "/usr/sbin/shadowconfig off" to see if that helps (turns off all
shadow options), and turn it back on with "/usr/sbin/shadowconfig on".
Even the off -> on transition might solve your problem.
Mike.
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