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- From: brett@cxbne.cx.OZ.AU (Brett Worth)
- Subject: Re: Problems with root passwd!!!!
- Organization: Comperex Australia Pty Limited
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 08:36:08 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.083608.15657@cxbne.cx.OZ.AU>
- References: <1992Nov12.213521.26689@tandem.com>
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- chopper@gumbytsg.tandem.com (Michael Chop) writes:
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- >One of our mips machines is experiencing the following problem
-
- >The user(also a super user) couldnt log in as root as his root passwd was
- >not being accepted. He tried su but that was of no help.
-
- >So I went down to single user and removed the root passwd. I then tried to
- >set a new root passwd.
-
- >Everytime I did a
- ># passwd
-
- >I would get,
-
- >New passwd:
- >Re-enter new passwd:
-
- I have seen a similar problem to this a long time ago on an RSX system.
-
- The problem turned out to be that the console terminal was in a mode
- there it was doing a LF and a CR when the RETURN key was hit. Enter
- icrnl and you get two NLs.
-
- >Thanks in advance...
- >harini chandra
- >tandem computers
- >oltp unix-support.
-
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