Can you recall what you have changed/installed (even in general
	terms) since you last positively know you were able to login as
	root.

	Can you login as a normal user and 'su'.

	Can you boot into single user and see if the 'root' line in
	/etc/master.passwd starts 'root::'?

		David/absolute

                      Neighbours should be one of:
                a) Understanding   b) Distant   c) Deaf

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Brad Henry wrote:

> Hey Andy, thanks for the warning about HTML email, i normally set up the
> client to use plain text, this time i guess i didn't :)
> 
> sorry, i might not have been clear about this, but the problem isn't with
> logging in from remote, it's when i try to log in directly on the terminal.
> Any ideas?
> 
> thanks,
> brad
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Andy Doran <ad@fionn.sports.gov.uk>
> To: Brad <bnh@dimension6.com>
> Cc: <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 2:40 AM
> Subject: Re: root account inaccessable
> >
> > > Brad wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello, ihave a DECstation 5000/120 that I bought from my University.
> > > it came installed with netBSD 1.3.1, and just the root account setup
> > > with no password. I've been playing with it for awhile, nd now that
> > > i've tried setting it up on my network, (a cablemodem, linux box and a
> > > windows box) when i try to login as root it asks me for a password,
> > > which i've never set. does anyone know how i can get past this or
> > > possibly netboot using the linux box so i can do a network install of
> > > netBSD to clear this up?
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > May 30 16:57:36 netmachine /netbsd: scc0,1: silo overflow
> > >
> > > does anyone know what this is and is it possibly related?
> >
> > Upgrading to 1.4 may help, I don't know...
> >
> > - ad
> >
>