What happens when you telnet into the box? Are you required to enter a
password then?
JR
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, T. Sean (Theo) Schulze wrote:
> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 09:02:31 -0500
> From: "T. Sean (Theo) Schulze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: linux-newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Slackware won't take password
>
> I neglected to mention that when I log in as root or use `su`, I *am*
> required to enter a password.
>
>
> On 3/19/00 14:16, "T. Sean (Theo) Schulze" at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >
> >Hey all,
> >
> >Due to the problem I have been having with my SuSE system that I
> >described in an other email, I have gone over to using my slackware
> >system to do some programming assignments for school. When I log in to
> >the slackware system, it does not require me to enter a password. I
> >thought that maybe I had simply forgotten to set one when I first set the
> >system up, so I used `passwd tschulze` to set a password. I logged out
> >and then logged back in, but it still does not ask me for my password. I
> >tried it as root; same thing.
> >
> >Does anyone have an idea why this might be happening?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Sean
> >
> >
> > T. Sean (Theo) Schulze
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