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stan_the_fisher
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Joined: 29 Apr 2006
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PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 10:13 am    Post subject: Can't Login as Root Reply with quote
For some reason I can't login as root on any x terminal but i can log in as root when press Ctrl + Alt + F1-F6 and go to that terminal thing. Here is a message that might help:

Code:
cameron@localhost ~ $ su root
Password:
su: Permission denied
configuration error - unknown item 'FAILLOG_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'LASTLOG_ENAB' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'MOTD_FILE' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'FTMP_FILE' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'ENV_ROOTPATH' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'PASS_MIN_LEN' (notify administrator)
configuration error - unknown item 'CHFN_AUTH' (notify administrator)
Sorry.
cameron@localhost ~ $
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at240
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Joined: 12 Aug 2005
Posts: 603
Location: UK
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did you recently update some packages without updating their configuration files?
(etc-update or dispatch-conf will tell you)
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mark_alec
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PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Moved from Desktop Environments to Duplicate Threads.

See https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-366499.html
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