Re: [cobalt-users] Admin can't su to root

["Arsalan Mahmud" <arsalan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The admin user *NEEDS* to be from the wheel group. The only thing you can
now do is boot the raq up with a null mode cable and add the admin back to
the wheel group.

Arsalan Mahmud
Nexus Technologies
http://www.nexus.net.pk
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Thieving Gypsy" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 10:12 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] Admin can't su to root


> Hi list,
>
> I've got a really frustrating problem with a Cobalt RaQ4....
>
> I started to get problems FTPing to a new site, and as the site was the
30th
> site on this box, I thought that this might have been caused by the old
> problem of admin being a member of too many groups, so I telneted in to
> remove admin from a couple of groups in /etc/group.  The only problem is
> that the server won't let me su to root - it comes up with "incorrect
> password".  I have tried resetting the password from the GUI, but it has
no
> effect - it changes the admin password, but I still can't su to root.  I
> have also reset the password on the console with a paperclip, but although
> this resets the admin password, it doesn't resync the root password....
>
> I also have a root2 account on this server, with UID and GID of 0, but I
> can't su to this account either.
>
> In case there was some problem with the admin account, I created a shell
> account from the GUI, and telneted in with that.  Again, I can't su to
> either root or root2....
>
> I am at a complete loss as to how to get back root access into this
server -
> any ideas would be greatly appreciated
>
> Thanks,
>               Dave Rowlands
>
> Verio UK
>
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