From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 11 11:16:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8490916A420 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:16:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 099B243D49 for ; Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:16:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 4378 invoked from network); 11 Feb 2006 22:16:40 +1100 Received: from 203-217-58-186.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO ?192.168.13.3?) (203.217.58.186) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 11 Feb 2006 22:16:40 +1100 Message-ID: <43EDC792.4040009@meijome.net> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:16:34 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060206) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter References: <20060210011336.72106.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060210011336.72106.qmail@web60013.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Eric Ekong Subject: Re: Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 11:16:42 -0000 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