Re: root refused on terminal

To: branderh@IAEhv.nl (Erick Branderhorst)
Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: root refused on terminal
From: "Peter Tobias" <tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 15:18:40 +0200 (MET DST)
Message-id: <[🔎] 9604241318.AA26530@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de>
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 199604241003.MAA16408@iaehv.IAEhv.nl> from "Erick Branderhorst" at Apr 24, 96 12:03:43 pm

Erick Branderhorst wrote:
> I upgraded a few packages (one of them was base) and now I can't login
> as root on my virtual terminals (Ctrl-Alt-F[1-6]) as root. Regular user
> accounts can do but root can't. What behind this?

Maybe your /etc/securetty file does not exist or it is empty?


Thanks,

Peter

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