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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!caen!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!udel!gatech!swrinde!news.uh.edu!uuneo.neosoft.com!concorde.neosoft.com!dbaker From: dbaker@concorde.neosoft.com (Daniel Baker) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: can't login as root after rebuilding kernel Date: 11 Feb 1995 02:18:15 GMT Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 968 5800 Lines: 14 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3hh6p7$j4o@uuneo.neosoft.com> References: <ivanfern.3.00288362@bulferch.synapse.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: concorde.neosoft.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Ivan Fernandez (ivanfern@bulferch.synapse.net) wrote: : After I rebuilt a kernel (from Walnut Creek CDROM 2.0) and running 'make : install', I cannot login as root using the new kernel image. To login as root : I have to fall back to the generic kernel distribution. Am I forgetting to do : something? You shouldn't login as root anyway, just login as yourself, and type in; su then type in the root password, then bingo, you are root. -- Daniel Baker -- NeoSoft FTP/UseNet Administrator (713)531-8571 DBaker@NeoSoft.COM DBaker@Concorde-Mail.NeoSoft.COM