Diskless question

[Bernt Hansson]

2013-04-24 15:07, Lowell Gilbert skrev:
> 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.

Well. The user can login, root can not.

> 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.
>
>