Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:16:34 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Eric Ekong <eric@unixtechs.org> Subject: Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: Message-ID: <43EDC792.4040009@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <20060210011336.72106.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060210011336.72106.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com>
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Peter wrote: > > As mentioned in an earlier post, I tried that on my own when I ran into > trouble and I have not edited this file. The default is to allow root > logins. Just to be clear, FreeBSD is shipped with root logins via SSH *DISABLED*. (most Linux distros i remember, OTOH, have it enabled). > I have another possibly related issue. I cannot use the login command for > root either. I get the same effects: prompt for password but password > does not work. - if you go to the console, can you log in as root? - is the shell program assigned to the root user a valid root? > I have a feeling this has to do with pam which I know nothing about. why do you say that is PAM related? Beto
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