Sounds like you set security to too high. You cannot login
as root. Only as a user then su.
At 08:53 AM 8/4/2000 +0000, Declan Moriarty wrote:
> I have 2 machines running Mandrake 7.0, one of which refuses to
> allow a
>login as root. Any password, even the correct one, is "Incorrect". You have to
>log in as a user, then su to root. This woks reliably.
>
> The machine in question is an AMD K6/2-350, 64MB of ram, 4.3 Gig for
>linux. and running an SiS 6326 video card. This latest installation is a
>reinstall after an upgrade from 6.1 failed miserably. The problem was present
>under 6.1 as well.
>
>Any ideas? I have an AMD i586 running here, and you can log in as root fine.
>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
>
> Declan Moriarty
