RE: root login

["Brian E.W. Wood" <beww intac com>]

On 04-May-98 Dave Mallery wrote:
> hi
> 
> i just got to the end of my 4th Mulita sysgen using the rh 5.0
> cdroms.  this is the first one that got to the end ok.
> all previous failed while installing the last few componants.
> 
> i did run on one of the others briefly.
> 
> now i can't login.  the pwd i gave for root is ng.  do i just 
> start over, or is there a security hole i can enter??

Are you sure you are typing it correctly :-). Yu could boot from a floppy and
then mount the root partition and edit /etc/passwd to eliminatr the root
password. You could also boot to single-user mode, I don;t remember if that
asks for a PW but I don;t think it does.
> 
> the only anomoly i see is that the startup sits on sendmail
> for about 5 minutes before continuing.


Make sure you have an entry for your machine in /etc/hosts. Most likely
sendmail is trying to resolve your hostname via DNS and you are waiting for a
timeout. I don't think the RH installation makes this hosts entry.

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Brian E.W. Wood  beww@intac.com