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On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 08:31:26 GMT, jbrough@melbpc.org.au <jbrough@melbpc.org.au> wrote:
|After upgrading from RH5.2 to RH6.0 I can't login any more. Previously
|I was using no password on root, done by deleting the password info in
|/etc/passwd (not good security but its a stand alone for playing
|with). Now after the upgrade, it asks for a password, and won't accept
|anything I type in.
|
|Thanks in advance
|John 


You may have to boot into single user mode ( type 'linux single'
at the boot prompt ) and set a password there.

The PAM security modules on RH generally treat a null/empty
password as a locked account. Try going to /etc/pam.d and edit
the login file. Add the parameter nullok to the authentication
and authorisation lines.

Did you need to do something to RH5.2 to get the null password
working on that system?


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