From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Jan 16 6:50: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EEC137B417 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 06:50:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g0GEo1M86604; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 06:50:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 06:50:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201161450.g0GEo1M86604@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: i386/33525: root access without password Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR i386/33525; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: "Crist J. Clark" Cc: bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/33525: root access without password Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:47:49 +0200 On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 10:00:02 PST, "Crist J. Clark" wrote: > > i know what want to tell me, but i setted up a root password. it was the > > last point in my installation. > > > > so, what can we do ? > > Can you reproduce the problem and tell us the exact way to do so? I'm guessing the root password was set to the empty string, wasn't set, or was set but not written to disk by the time sysinstall terminated (either because of a segfault, a premature powerdown, a system lockup or whatever). Unless the originator can show us how to reproduce the behaviour reported, I think we can close this PR, because it certainly doesn't agree with the experiences of many of us. Matthias? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message