Re: su to root not prompting for a password
In the last episode (Apr 17), James Riendeau said: > Thanks! I didn't think it was so simple, and I feel like a lunkhead > for not thinking of that. I'm accustomed to being prompted for the > user's password when I run su, even if it is blank (I've been > spending way too much time on Mac OS X, I guess). I must have > clobbered only the root password. Nobody else complained about being > unable to login after the upgrade. Not sure how that happened since > I was so careful, especially when it got to master.passwd. There's also a copy of the previous 2 revisions of master.passwd stored in /var/backups , if you want to make sure nothing else is missing. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: su to root not prompting for a password
Thanks! I didn't think it was so simple, and I feel like a lunkhead for not thinking of that. I'm accustomed to being prompted for the user's password when I run su, even if it is blank (I've been spending way too much time on Mac OS X, I guess). I must have clobbered only the root password. Nobody else complained about being unable to login after the upgrade. Not sure how that happened since I was so careful, especially when it got to master.passwd. -james You probably clobbered master.passwd when you mergemastered. In all probability, root now has no password at all. Set one with passwd. Petersen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: su to root not prompting for a password
On Monday, April 17, 2006 5:45 PM James Riendeau wrote: > > I upgraded to 6.1 RC-1 from 5.4, and when I su to root, it's not > prompting for a password. I created a new account, and it does the > same thing there. If the user is in the wheel group, it > drops to the > # prompt. If not, it echos the BAD SU attempt error message. I > think it has something to do with PAM, but the documentation is not > exactly written for those of us who don't have MS/Ph.D.'s in > computer > science. Does anyone know how to fix this? I thought I > followed all > the directions in /usr/src/UPDATING, but I must have done something > wrong, probably while using mergemaster. > > My apologies if this has already been asked, but the search function > on lists.freebsd.org won't let me access other search result pages > beyond the first, and google didn't help. > You probably clobbered master.passwd when you mergemastered. In all probability, root now has no password at all. Set one with passwd. Petersen ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: su to root not prompting for a password
At 09:45 AM 4/17/2006, James Riendeau wrote: I upgraded to 6.1 RC-1 from 5.4, and when I su to root, it's not prompting for a password. I created a new account, and it does the same thing there. If the user is in the wheel group, it drops to the # prompt. If not, it echos the BAD SU attempt error message. I think it has something to do with PAM, but the documentation is not exactly written for those of us who don't have MS/Ph.D.'s in computer science. Does anyone know how to fix this? I thought I followed all the directions in /usr/src/UPDATING, but I must have done something wrong, probably while using mergemaster. You likely installed the default passwd file, which has no password for root. Assign a password to root and you'll be fine. -Glenn My apologies if this has already been asked, but the search function on lists.freebsd.org won't let me access other search result pages beyond the first, and google didn't help. Many thanks, James Riendeau MMI Computer Support Technician 1300 University Ave Rm. 436, Dept. of MedMicro Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 262-3351 After-hours Phone: (608) 260-2696 Fax: (608) 262-8418 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
su to root not prompting for a password
I upgraded to 6.1 RC-1 from 5.4, and when I su to root, it's not prompting for a password. I created a new account, and it does the same thing there. If the user is in the wheel group, it drops to the # prompt. If not, it echos the BAD SU attempt error message. I think it has something to do with PAM, but the documentation is not exactly written for those of us who don't have MS/Ph.D.'s in computer science. Does anyone know how to fix this? I thought I followed all the directions in /usr/src/UPDATING, but I must have done something wrong, probably while using mergemaster. My apologies if this has already been asked, but the search function on lists.freebsd.org won't let me access other search result pages beyond the first, and google didn't help. Many thanks, James Riendeau MMI Computer Support Technician 1300 University Ave Rm. 436, Dept. of MedMicro Madison, WI 53706 Phone: (608) 262-3351 After-hours Phone: (608) 260-2696 Fax: (608) 262-8418 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
