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Re: [cobalt-users] root's password diferent than admin's?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] root's password diferent than admin's?
- From: Isaac <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu Nov 16 08:13:01 2000
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
>
> > > How to make root's password diferent than the admin password???
> >
> >simple
> >telnet to your cobalt as root
> >
> >then type: passwd root
>
> When you update the Admin password from the GUI, your root password may be
> reset to the new Admin password. So, if you change the Admin password,
> remember to set a new root password as well.
Depends on which machine you have. Raq2's/Qube2's do not separate the root
and admin passwords. You should be able to fix that, although I guess it
would have to be something to do with PAM. Raq3's can/do have separate
passwords.