Shawn, Thanks for the quick response...
> On 10/11/2007, Gary Gendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > 1) I can't su or log in as root. It prompts me for > my password (which I set during install), but it > doesn't accept it. Interestingly, I can pfsh to > start a sub-shell, and then su without any password > and I'm root! What's that all about? > > > > root doesn't exist as an account; instead it is a > role you can assume. > > See this thread: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID= > 172029&tstart=0 > > It tells you how to change this so you have a normal > root account if > you want (however, I would encourage you to try it > this way instead). Fair enough. I typically have a shell alias , root, that does the following anyway: su root -c /bin/tcsh (Yes, old school csh). So changing that alias to do a pfsh would be trival and for the most part transparent (except I won't need a password for this). > > 2) I can't install OSS4. I don't get any error > messages, but it doesn't install anything. If I try > to install it again, it complains about a stale lock, > continues, but repeats the symptoms of the initial > install. > > pkgadd is broken at the moment which is probably the > main issue. This brings up a new question... Will there be an patch for this so we can continue to test the preview, or do we need to wait for the next release? <snip> Thanks, Gary -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
