From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 3 10:28:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ddsecurity.com.br (vitoria.ddsecurity.com.br [200.18.130.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6EE4315EC2 for ; Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:28:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grios@ddsecurity.com.br) Received: (qmail 55779 invoked by uid 1001); 3 Sep 1999 17:28:24 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 3 Sep 1999 17:28:24 -0000 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 14:28:24 -0300 (EST) From: Gustavo Rios To: Joe Bo Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su root mail [was RE: password wrong] In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19990903171605.00926d84@netmail.home.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Try su - root -- What's the similarity between an air conditioner and a computer? They both stop working when you open windows. On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Joe Bo wrote: > So I log in as Joe, su root, mail > and get the message "no mail for joe". > I only get root mail when login as root. > what am i doing wrong? thanks... > Joe > > At 11:59 AM 9/3/99 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > > Telnet to the computer as root its disabled by default (for security > >reasons), you should telnet as an ordinary user and then su to get root > >privileges. > > > >Ales > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Peter Kok > >To: > >Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 11:51 AM > >Subject: password wrong > > > > > >> Hello all > >> > >> My win98 is connected to freebsd. > >> When i telnet to freebsd and login as root, it always prompts me > >> 'password wrong'? > >> But the normal user is no problem! > >> > >> How do i solve it? > >> > >> Tks > >> > >> regards > >> Peter > >> > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message