On Thursday 17 May 2001 06:37 am, Mike wrote:
>
> Thanks Robert, but he is typing "su" It's from any
> terminal that he can't logon as root. In other words
> if he trys to logon after a reboot he can't logon with
> root and/or if he uses on of the consoles by pressing
> ctr-alt-f1-f4
>
> The other interesting thing is if he changes the root
> password, it also changes his userid password. Though
> the two aren't tied together with any groups.
>
> We are at a lose here as to what could be causing the
> problem. We first suspected a bad install, but after
> three new installs, with formats, we have ruled that
> out. We arn't sure how this could be causing the
> problem, but we are now thinking maybe it's the
> "hardware". Why/how I don't know.
>
Just a thought. Have you ever tried installing from another CD? Maybe you
have a crupted file(s) on the medium you are using for the install.
You're right......thats a wierd one. Cant't say I've ever run across that one
before.
Well good luck and keep trying!
R.G. Mayhue
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