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Article #12449Re: Root passwd bug on 386i
From: C.Y. Wong,,,
Date: Fri, 05 May 1989 05:59
Date: Fri, 05 May 1989 05:59
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gfr@cobra.mitre.org (Glenn Roberts) says: > If you set your root password to anything with more than 8 characters on a > Sun386i you won't be able to log in from the console as root! (still can > 'su' though). - Glenn Roberts, The MITRE Corp., McLean VA I've noticed the same, and at times, not only for root. I say at times, because my user login passwd is longer than 8 chars, and i can't remember how i managed that (e.g. set up account using SNAP first, then as root, wipe out the passwd field in /etc/yppasswd, login, give myself new password, ... and variations thereof) Accounts that I set up now with passwd > 8 chars does not allow console login. (however, su and login from ascii terminal via serial port still possible) Can someone enlighten us. C.Y. Wong Applications R&D OTC Australia
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!rice!sun-spots-request From: munnari!otc.oz.au!cywong@uunet.uu.net (C.Y. Wong,,,) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Root passwd bug on 386i Keywords: 386i Message-ID: <694@otc.otca.oz> Date: 5 May 89 05:59:04 GMT References: <8903311251.AA04283@cobra.mitre.org> Sender: usenet@rice.edu Organization: OTC Development Unit, Australia Lines: 17 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu Original-Date: 23 Apr 89 12:00:06 +1000 (Sun) X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 7, Issue 265, message 3 of 9