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From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
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Cc: Jesse Sheidlower <jester@panix.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Can't log in as root on new 7.0 install
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On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 01:16:45PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> 
> Well, the two things I would guess are:  there is a syntax error in
> adding your regular id to the wheel group and you are typing in the
> root password incorrectly.

In ancient times I had IRIX lock out a user because there was a space at
the end of their entry in /etc/passwd. Not hardly believing it myself,
made a link copy of csh with a space at the end and the user could
login. Fixed /etc/passwd, deleted the link, and placed a trouble report
with SGI.

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David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net
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Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.