Re: [cobalt-users] admin & root pwds don't match

[Peter Low <peterlow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:30 PM 2/22/01 +0000, you wrote:
> I have just done that and it did not work, SSH stills refuses root 
> password in su
>
> If anybody knows how to fix this, please email me.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gilles
>
>
> > From: Peter Low <peterlow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] admin & root pwds don't match
> > Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 12:15:17 -0500
> >
> > If you change the admin password through the GUI, the root password should
> > change as well.  Try changing the password for admin so that it is 8 or
> > fewer characters.  The GUI will accept passwords with >8 characters (I
> > think it may truncate to 8).
> >
> > After you change the password to 8 or fewer characters, try to telnet/SSH
> > in as root.  If you cannot, I'd guess that the mechanism that keeps the
> > admin and root passwords synched is broken.  Unfortunately, I don't know
> > how this works or how to fix it.
> >
> > Peter

Perhaps the problem is in SSH.  Have you tried to telnet in as root?  If 
you're concerned about security, you could then change the password 
immediately after from the GUI (or whatever).

Peter