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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
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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.


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