Re: root loggin in to console without network?

From: mgrd (mgrd_at_gmx.net)
Date: 09/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:33:58 +0200

Dragan Cvetkovic wrote:
> mgrd <mgrd@gmx.net> writes:
>
>
>>Dragan Cvetkovic wrote:
>>[..]
>>
>>>Password for root is in
>>>/etc/security/passwd, all other users are via NIS.
>>
>>Are you sure?
>>Verify in /etc/passwd if the entry for `root' is before the NIS entry,
>>which is +::0:0::: (or similar)
>>
>>just a thought..
>
>
> It is there:
>
> $ grep -n root /etc/passwd
> 1:root:!:0:0::/:/usr/bin/ksh
> $ grep -n '+::' /etc/passwd
> 11:+::0:0:::
>
> i.e. root entry is at line 1, '+::0:0' is at line 11 (there are some other
> entries after that but no root). Besides
>
> ypcat passwd | grep root
>
> returns nothing (i.e. we don't publish root password via NIS).
>
> Dragan
>

hmm .. I'm really not sure but you may have a look at
/etc/security/ouser , esp. the value of the key `registry" for root.

If it's
registry = NIS
set it to
registry = files

Also:
Can you login as root when you stop the NIS client?

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