root disabled after changing the passwd

[MUM_HPS]

Hi All,

kindly help me in understanding this.

i was able to login with root account, i have changed the passwd for root. after that i am not able to login with root account, but i am able to login with any user and su, this works fine.

there is no /etc/securetty file present.

kindly help me !!!

thanks in advance
regds

[Silver_1]

Hi,

We came across a similar situation.

What we have done is that. We have login to the console and given the password, the password was having 15 characters but typed only first 8 characters.

It worked fine.

You may try that.

regards,
Nair

[MUM_HPS]

HI,

Thanks for the response, but i have the passwd length is just 7 chars.

i am able to su - from normal user.

regards,
Govind.

[bhavin asokan · Accepted solution]

hi,

does your passwd contains special characters.change it and try.

regds,

[MUM_HPS]

Oops !! thats true i had special chars, after changing, it worked fine, but my question is .. is the passwd shoudnt contain special chars !! i am surprised to see this !!

regards,
Govind.

[bhavin asokan]

hi,

see the following link.last reply author says why this problem comes with special characters.

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=202099

regds,