[SunHELP] Solaris 7 Login Problem

[Cheng Ee Shing Daniel (CAPL)]

If you have changed the line to just CONSOLE=, you will not be able to login
in as root from anywhere, even from the a console connected directly to the
server.

The only way you can login is to login as a user and do a su root to have
root prvileges.

I find this command especially useful if the workstation is a training
workstation whereby 2 or more ppl will wanna assume as root.

Hope it helps.

regards,
daniel
-----Original Message-----
From: Courtleigh D.Cannick [mailto:ccannick at sunguru.com]
Sent: Thursday, 7 June 2001 2:43 AM
To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Subject: [SunHELP] Solaris 7 Login Problem


I modified the /etc/default/login file on a Solaris 7 server to allow root
logins from a remote console.  I deleted the /dev/console designation from
the CONSOLE=  entry.  

Now the system won't let root login either remotely OR from the local
console!  

Is there some other security mechanism in Solaris 7 I should know about?

Thanks for the help!

--CC--

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