From: Kazakin, Leon (Leon.Kazakin@CIBC.ca)
Date: Tue Apr 20 2004 - 11:56:53 EDT
Thanks to Mark and Roger.
There's a workaround:
I just had this problem last night and made this discovery. If I do have a special character in the passwd, put a backslash in front of that character when entering the passwd. Worked for me (and then changed to password to get rid of it.)
Mark
If you have a special char in your passwd, depending on the terminal,
you'll need to backslash-escape it (i.e. put a "\" in front of the special
char).
-Roger
-----Original Message-----
From: hpux-admin-owner@DutchWorks.nl
[mailto:hpux-admin-owner@DutchWorks.nl]On Behalf Of Kazakin, Leon
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:22 AM
To: hpux-admin@DutchWorks.nl
Subject: [HPADM] Summary - root console access (hp-ux)
Dear list,
Everybody kept telling me about /etc/securetty.
The problem was pegged by Anil (thank you!).
I had '@' in the passwd. Changing passwd to plain text made login on the console possible.
Thanks all,
Leon
-----Original Message-----
From: Anil <snip>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [HPADM] root console access
Do you have special chars (like @,#) in your password?
If yes, it wont work. Change the password and try. If
your password length is more than 8 chars, enter first
8 chars only.
Anil
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> All,
>
> I cannot login directly as root to console. I can
> login using regular (non-root) account and then su
> to root.
> It's the same with telnet connection. I'd like to
> enable direct root access to the console, but how?
>
> in /etc/securetty I have :
> console
>
> It's hp-ux 11.0 L-class with HP Secure Web Console:
>
> Global version: A1.9
> Software version: A.01.09.001
> Boot version: A.01.09.001
> Resources version: A.01.09.001
>
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