root password changed

Hi all,

Strangely, the root password I had always used on my system decided to
suddenly make itself unavailable.

Without having to change the password, I tried to su root in my terminal
only to get the message 'invalid password'.

I booted from the SuSE 7.3 CD and edited /etc/shadow deleting root's
password; after reboot, I supplied root with a new one. But here's the
interesting thing: Now whenever I su root, it gives me root's prompt
without asking me for *any* password.

Not a desirable situation.

Thank you, any ideas will be greatly appreciated!

aW


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SuSE Linux 7.3 / Bash

aW wrote:

> interesting thing: Now whenever I su root, it gives me root's prompt
> without asking me for *any* password.

Try pwconv


Ciao :-)

I had like a similar problem before but this was on a Solaris 8 box. The
only way I gotten around it was that I had to console in and change the
password that way. That might be something you can try.



aW wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Strangely, the root password I had always used on my system decided to
> suddenly make itself unavailable.
>
> Without having to change the password, I tried to su root in my terminal
> only to get the message 'invalid password'.
>
> I booted from the SuSE 7.3 CD and edited /etc/shadow deleting root's
> password; after reboot, I supplied root with a new one. But here's the
> interesting thing: Now whenever I su root, it gives me root's prompt
> without asking me for *any* password.
>
> Not a desirable situation.
>
> Thank you, any ideas will be greatly appreciated!
>
> aW
>
>