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Date:      Thu, 12 Oct 1995 10:25:12 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        71544.1006@compuserve.com (Evan Polster)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't login to root from X
Message-ID:  <199510121725.KAA15336@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <951012095816_71544.1006_EHL69-1@CompuServe.COM> from "Evan Polster" at Oct 12, 95 05:58:17 am

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> I have succesfully booted X by logging into my personal account.
> 
> However, I cannot login to root.
> 
> My root password is NULL.

Are you running xdm?

xdm does not function correctly with null passwords.  Put a password on
root.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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or previous employers.



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