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Re: root login on console not allowed -- why and how?



Andreas Ntaflos wrote:
> however, fails. No matter what password is entered, the system refuses to
> let us in as root. The root-password can be changed without problem
> when `su'-ed to root so the problem is not that it's mistyped at the
> prompt or anything.

    What does /etc/securetty say?

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