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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e1a.megaweb.com!pop.gnn.com!yowassup From: yowassup@gnn.com (Rob Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Can't login as 'root' Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 22:56:47 Organization: Megaweb Lines: 19 Message-ID: <46ccdf$lni@news-e1a.megaweb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: @www-22-237.gnn.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-GNN-NewsServer-Posting-Date: 22 Oct 1995 03:05:19 GMT X-Mailer: GNNmessenger 1.1 I'm am new to unix os's I have just gotten FreeBSD. I have manuals but > none >are just FreeBSD. Everything went well, but I can't login to a shell as >root, this also keep me from starting Xserver. I have created new users > and >they are able to login fine. When I try to login as root it asks me for a >terminal? I have looked through faq's, man pages, and manuals I see > nothing >there. If I try xterm as the terminal I get a Message 'Don't login as > root >use su" which i have been doing but without logging in I cannot execute > any >applications from root. which means users will not be able to use > Xwindows, >I think. Anyone can answer my question, Please! e-mail me. Thanx in >advance... > >Rob