The only thing I can think of is that maybe Red Hat has something like
Mandrake does with security levels. Mandrake has a program that will change
how secure you system is on one to five levels. On like level five it blocks
anyone from logging in as root, and you must instead su to root. So perhaps
there is some security thing going on with Red Hat that is blocking logins as
root. I don't use Red Hat so I can't say for sure that that is the problem,
but at least it's an idea.
> My Son has installed Redhat Linux 6.2 three times with
> the same problem. Seems the root password changes.
> Each time he has to reinstall Linux to solve the
> problem. Let me say that it's only root's password. su
> still works. In other words if he tries to logon as
> root he gets and invalid login prompt. If he logs in
> as a user and su's he can login using the root
> password. Is that STRANGE or what. I always thought
> the root and su were the same.
>
> Any thoughts on what his problem is/and how he stop
> this from happening?
>
> Thanks
> Mike Manchester
>
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