From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 24 13:52:12 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC5BC4B2 for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:52:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Received: from blue.qeng-ho.org (blue.qeng-ho.org [217.155.128.241]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41613166B for ; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:52:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fileserver.home.qeng-ho.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r3ODq9UX066990; Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:52:10 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from freebsd@qeng-ho.org) Message-ID: <5177E389.3030307@qeng-ho.org> Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:52:09 +0100 From: Arthur Chance User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130409 Thunderbird/17.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bernt Hansson Subject: Re: Diskless question References: <51779573.20207@bananmonarki.se> <5177B43C.8000509@qeng-ho.org> <5177BA0C.5080002@bananmonarki.se> <5177C045.1070900@qeng-ho.org> <5177D3D7.7050905@bananmonarki.se> In-Reply-To: <5177D3D7.7050905@bananmonarki.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:52:12 -0000 On 04/24/13 13:45, Bernt Hansson wrote: > > > 2013-04-24 13:21, Arthur Chance skrev: >> On 04/24/13 11:55, Bernt Hansson wrote: >>> 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 >> >> >> That's not logging in directly as root, that's using su as a normal >> user. Only members of wheel group can use su. Try logging in directly on >> the console as root. That should work unless you've marked the console >> as insecure or have an "impossible" password in /etc/master.passwd. > > I am a member of the wheel group. Curious, I would have expected the su to work. Time for a quick look at the source. >> In the long run you need to add your normal user to wheel group so you >> can use su. Can you edit the diskless machine's /etc/group from the >> server that's supplying its disk(s)? In the days when I ran diskless >> systems I usually found it easier to work on the diskless systems' >> config files via the server. >> > I have tried and my own password is easily changed via the server. > > if i try, on the diskless, > > Login: root > Password: password or none > > Login incorrect As I mentioned in another post, have you got a valid looking password field in /etc/master.passwd or just a '*'? Valid fields tend to look something like $2a$04$ or $6$ where is a lot of base64 encoded data. Looking in the source for su there are three places that generate "Sorry". They all send messages to syslog. Is there a "BAD SU" entry in your /var/log/auth.log or a PAM related error in /var/log/messages and/or on the console? -- In the dungeons of Mordor, Sauron bred Orcs with LOLcats to create a new race of servants. Called Uruk-Oh-Hai in the Black Speech, they were cruel and delighted in torturing spelling and grammar. _Lord of the Rings 2.0, the Web Edition_