Diskless question

[Lowell Gilbert]

Bernt Hansson <bah at bananmonarki.se> writes:

> 2013-04-24 12:30, Arthur Chance skrev:
>> On 04/24/13 09:18, Bernt Hansson wrote:
>>> Hello list!
>>>
>>> I have set up a diskless machine with 8.3-stable and i as a user can log
>>> in, but when I try to log in as root it won't work. How to resolv that
>>> issue. I have tried with and without password but the computer said no.
>>
>> How did it say no? What does the entry for root in /etc/passwd say?
>
> $su
> Sorry
>
> root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh
       ^
      / \

Root has no valid password. 

You'll need to go into single-user mode and either give it one or
install sudo and add your regular user to the sudoers file.