Password authentication

[Tony Arnold]

Mike,

Mike wrote:
> I am unable to log on to root as my password is not accepted by the 
> system. I am getting a password authentication failure notice.

Are you connecting via ssh? The ssh config may not allow root login over
ssh. It's a bit of a security risk. Log in with your non priv account
and use sudo or su.

> My password is accepted in the GUI.

Logging into the GUI with root is also considered a bad thing to do, but
I've never been quite sure why!

Regards,
Tony.
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