That's it! You solved the problem! Maybe it was a bug in passwd in only one past update install, though...probably fixed now. Or maybe I did something to another package that rewrote /etc/passwd. Who knows? We learned much, though. Thanks!
Art On Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 12:08:07PM +0100, Lorentey Karoly wrote: > I have encountered this problem about a year ago. It seems than passwd > only updates /etc/shadow when shadow passwording is enabled. If the root > password is disabled in /etc/passwd then running passwd won't help. > > Try changing that line to > > root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > ^ > > (If this solves your problem, it's a bug in passwd) > > Best wishes: > > Lorentey Karoly > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
