The root password is not set in any of the tarballs.  You will need to
set it using the passwd command. "console" needs to be added
to /etc/securetty in order to login over a 3215 or a 3270.
Mike

On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 15:23 -0500, McKown, John wrote:
> Ah! how are you trying to get in? Is the method "approved" in /etc/securetty
> and/or /etc/ssh/sshd_config (latter location is for my SuSE system)
> 
> Make sure that sshd_config has a line similar to:
> 
> PermitRootLogin yes
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> > I don't think it's a problem with the wrong password for
> > root.  I copied the passwd, passwd-, and shadow files from
> > the driving system and I still get "login incorrect".  I
> > tried another ID I setup on my driving system and that works.
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