[25727] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 9.2.30: login
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken T Takusagawa)
Thu Jun 24 00:10:17 2004
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 00:09:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: Ken T Takusagawa <kenta@mit.edu>
To: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>
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Yes, setting the root password to something <= 8 characters
"fixes" it. But of course, I would like to have the ability
to have long passwords work on this machine, even under
text-mode console.
--ken
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Jonathan Reed wrote:
>
> How many characters is the root password? And what versions are the
> machines? ISTR a problem where this happened if the root password was
> greater than 8 characters. Try setting the root password to something <=
> 8 characters and see if that fixes it.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Ken T Takusagawa wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Greg Hudson wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 18:57, Ken T Takusagawa wrote:
> > > > Can't log in as root. (However, I can log in as root on the X window).
> > >
> > > Can you elaborate on this, please? Was there an error message?
> > >
> >
> > "Login incorrect". I'm pretty sure I'm typing the password
> > correctly; and I can replicate the behavior on two different
> > machines (both Athena linux 9.2).
> >
> > --ken
> >
> >
>
