Am 27.11.2011 um 13:37 schrieb Matt Connolly <[email protected]>:
> > On 27/11/2011, at 10:08 PM, Chris Bünger wrote: > >> I think your User has to have the profile "Primary Administrator" in >> /etc/user_attr. > > This still didn't help. But again, setting the root user password with `sudo > passwd root` enables me to authenticate to the root role using that root > password. (not my user password, as I would use with sudo). > > Any reason why the installer would not give the "Primary Administrator" > profile to the first user on the machine? If the first user can't do it, who > can? > Issue is known: https://www.illumos.org/issues/204 > If it wasn't for sudo, you'd have to boot into single mode to change anything! > > -Matt > >> >> Cheers >> Chris >> >> Am 27.11.2011 um 11:24 schrieb Matt Connolly <[email protected]>: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've just set up a new oi151 workstation, but am having a problem using the >>> root role from any of the gui panels. (System -> Administration -> >>> Services, or nwam-manager-properties from top task bar). >>> >>> When using the "lock" icon in the SMF Services panel, for example, it asks >>> me to select a user, and then to select a role, which I select "root", and >>> then that the role must be authenticated but it does not accept my password. >>> >>> I can "sudo" with no problems, though. >>> >>> And here's an interesting thing, I added a password to the root user with >>> "sudo passwd root" that is different to my user password. I figure this >>> should have no affect since root is a role not a user, right? >>> >>> Now, in the services panel, I can select "matt" as the user, then "root" as >>> the role and then authenticate using the root password (not my user >>> password). >>> >>> Is this how it is supposed to work? To access the root role, you need to >>> use the root password, not your user password? >>> >>> And if so, why did the installer ask for a root password but not configure >>> it correctly? (I could only access these panels after doing `sudo passwd >>> root`) >>> >>> >>> >>> Matt. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
