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From: gfr@cobra.mitre.org (Glenn Roberts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Root passwd bug on 386i
Keywords: 386i
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Date: 21 Apr 89 01:31:40 GMT
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If you set your root password to anything with more than 8 characters on a
Sun386i you won't be able to log in from the console as root!  (still can
'su' though).  I haven't taken the time to find out why this happens or
whether this same problem could exist on other Sun systems.

- Glenn Roberts, The MITRE Corp., McLean VA
  gfr@cobra.mitre.org