> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > On Behalf Of Nix, Robert P. > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 11:21 AM > Subject: RE: Blank password works for root > > > In looking at my system-auth file, I have the line you are > referencing (with likeauth nullok) but I don't have the > problem you have; no password does not work for root on my > system (or for any other userid, for that matter...) While > taking that off may make your problem go away, I don't think > it's the solution.... There's something else going on. > > ---- > Robert P. Nix internet: nix.robert@xxxxxxxx Thanks for the info...I suspect that myself, but have not turned up the root cause. I don't have a great deal of software on this machine yet, so I think I'm about to flush it and reinstall clean to see what happens. If anyone else has any ideas, I'm open: to recap, a null password works for root on this machine, whether from the console, a ssh session, or an X session. The same when attempting to su...either the root password or a null password works. This is not the case with a normal user password. I've run chkrootkit-0.43, and it comes up clean. Ideas? Bill
