Summary: Hi All, I had changed the root default login shell from /sbin/sh to /usr/local/bin/bash in /etc/passwd file but failed to work and I had accidentally ...
Summary: Hi All, I was trying to change the default login shell for root from sh to tcsh on Solaris 8 in the /etc/passwd file. Accidentally, the path inserted ...
Summary: I manually changed the shell for root from sh to csh in the /etc/passwd file and cannot login as root any longer. Give message "cannot find shell". ...
Summary: I'm tring to change the default login settings on each lab computer so that each machine will remotely login to the server. The default setting right...
Summary: when i login as root ,i mistakenly change the login shell value that is specified in /etc/passwd file. obiviously i can't login as root, i can't chan...
Summary: i'm not sure of how you are trying to log in. if you are trying to log into a machine as root but it is not permitting you it's probably blocked throu...
Summary: Pounding out the console entry isn't a really good way to lock out somebody that knows the root password. Technically, all they have to do is ftp int...
Summary: Firstly, accessing as root isn't that sensible, but to do this remotely you need to comment out CONSOLE=/dev/console in /etc/default/login Anyhow... t...
Summary: If you're trying to stop a specific user from logging in, I believe you can specify that in the /etc/default/login the same as root. If you are using...
Summary: Hi, I have a root password created with uid 0, But unfortunately my password was known to someother and he changed that password. But i want anoth...
Summary: Well this is interesting. My shadow file has the same permissions. I can't imagine why you cant change the password. You can try to use chmod u+wx to...
Summary: I have a major problem on Solaris 9... HELP!!! I am kind on a newbie to Unix. I can't FTP into the 9 OS. I have edited the /etc/ftpusers and /ect/defa...
Summary: If you're telnetting to the machine and just getting connection refused then this means that the machine is not accepting the incoming connection....(...
Summary: Did you check the settings in /etc/default/login? As which user were you trying to telnet? By default root is not allowed to telnet over the Network ....
Summary: You try to rlogin as root ... if you want that??.. switch off console=/dev/console in /etc/default/login. Btw This not secure... try to think of using...
Summary: FYI .... Some admins still recommend against changing the root shell on a Solaris systems. Ask why and you may be told that root needs a statically l...
Summary: If you know the existing root password, login then issue the command passwd It will ask for a password and a confirmation. If you don't know it, chang...
Summary: I have a solaris 8 box. I don't know why my su's environment is somewhat similar with my regular unix account's environment. For example, $HOME for su...
Summary: hi, an idea :-) go to /etc/default/login on your solaris mashine and comment this line out. #CONSOLE=/dev/console perhaps it helps ! good luck ! ...
Summary: OK, "The following statements are true if the login shell is /usr/bin/sh or an empty string (which defaults to /usr/bin/sh) in the specific user's pa...
Summary: Hi Imran You said that you gave the hostname as your name and If I am not wrong, most probably you are loging in using that only. That is you are usi...
Summary: it's booted o.k., it just can't or hasn't started the X server. is it mounting /usr/openwin, /var and /etc properly? has the video card been changed? ...
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