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Re: Net Boot with Root User




> 
> Hello All,
> 
> I can net boot a diskless Motorola PPC and log on by
> common user name and password. After I loged in as
> common user, I tried to use "su" to become a
> superuser. I got a message "incorrect password". It's
> weird. Because I unshadowed passwd file under
> /tftpboot/ip/etc on server and made root passwordless.
> 
> Is it possible to use "su" to become a superuser on
> diskless machine? How to solve my issue?
> 
many systems don't permit emty root-passwords. try giving it a password and
test again. Simply copy the crypt entry of your user account to the root 
account and use your user password then.

hofrat
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