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Re: Upgraded Potato, now I can't telnet/ssh in



Alec Smith wrote:
> 
> I know on Slink I can't login as root because of the way login is
> configured. Can you log in as a regular user and then use 'su'? That would
> be my uneducated guess as to your problem.
> 

No, I can log in locally as a user, then su to root, but when I try to
telnet in, it disconnects me before I can even get a login prompt with
the following error in the syslog:

> Mar 13 23:00:12 edgy inetd[27942]: getpwnam: root: No such user

Ben


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