Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Pramod Dematagoda
Hey there, I am a user of FreeBSD-7.0 and I must say that I am really impressed with it, I must admit though that I used to be(still am) a Linux user, so the switch wasn't that easy but I managed to do it with help from the FreeBSD handbook(My thanks go to the authors of that excellent guide).

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +0530, Pramod Dematagoda wrote: But now I've faced a big problem, I can no longer seem to login to the root account where whenever I supply the proper credentials to the login screen, I always get thrown back to the login screen. This started happening after

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Pramod Dematagoda
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 07:09 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +0530, Pramod Dematagoda wrote: But now I've faced a big problem, I can no longer seem to login to the root account where whenever I supply the proper credentials to the login screen, I always get

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Mel
On Friday 31 October 2008 15:53:23 Pramod Dematagoda wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 07:09 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +0530, Pramod Dematagoda wrote: But now I've faced a big problem, I can no longer seem to login to the root account where whenever I

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread mdh
--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0 To: Jeremy Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 10:53 AM On Fri, 2008-10

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Pramod Dematagoda
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 16:00 +0100, Mel wrote: On Friday 31 October 2008 15:53:23 Pramod Dematagoda wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 07:09 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +0530, Pramod Dematagoda wrote: But now I've faced a big problem, I can no longer seem to

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 08:39:46PM +0530, Pramod Dematagoda wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 16:00 +0100, Mel wrote: On Friday 31 October 2008 15:53:23 Pramod Dematagoda wrote: On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 07:09 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:59:04PM +0530, Pramod

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread mdh
--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0 To: Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeBSD ML freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 11:09 AM On Fri, 2008-10

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 08:15:25AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: Are you sure this machine does not have hardware problems? Please download and run memtest86++ from a CD. You shouldn't have to run this very long (15-20 minutes at tops in this case); errors will be quite obvious. Oops, this

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Pramod Dematagoda
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 08:26 -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 08:15:25AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: Are you sure this machine does not have hardware problems? Please download and run memtest86++ from a CD. You shouldn't have to run this very long (15-20 minutes at

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Pramod Dematagoda
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 08:19 -0700, mdh wrote: --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0 To: Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeBSD ML freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread mdh
--- On Fri, 10/31/08, Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeBSD ML freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 12:00 PM On Fri, 2008-10-31

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Mel
On Friday 31 October 2008 17:13:14 mdh wrote: --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: FreeBSD ML freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:24:52 +0530, Pramod Dematagoda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I changed the shell to /bin/sh and it now seems to work fine, but really saying, sh seems to be crippled compared to csh, so I would like to get back to csh. Please don't get confused: The Bourne Shell sh is to be

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread mdh
Right - sorry, my bad on that one. But do substitute -ggdb for your -g, as that'll give us GDB-specific debugging symbols. - mdh --- On Fri, 10/31/08, Mel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Build it for debugging. cd to the directory /usr/src/bin/csh, and run the following commands:

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 09:36:17AM -0700, mdh wrote: Right - sorry, my bad on that one. But do substitute -ggdb for your -g, as that'll give us GDB-specific debugging symbols. Best not to take any chances. Use both: -g3 -ggdb :-) -- | Jeremy Chadwickjdc

Re: Cannot login to root account on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-10-31 Thread Jos Chrispijn
Uit een eerder bericht (31-10-2008 14:29): But now I've faced a big problem, I can no longer seem to login to the root account where whenever I supply the proper credentials to the login screen, I always get thrown back to the login screen. Stupid question perhaps: do you try to login locally