hi i just installed my system then shutit down. after booting it up i can't login to root so i did a linux rescue with the CD and when i tried to type passwd this error message appear? "user_u:system_r:unconfined_t is not authorized to change the password of root" -- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA Fan the flame... http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=19441 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060119/954ee2c2/attachment-0005.html>
On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 21:08 +0800, Mark Quitoriano wrote:> hi i just installed my system then shutit down. after booting it up i > can't login to root so i did a linux rescue with the CD and when i > tried to type passwd this error message appear? > > "user_u:system_r:unconfined_t is not authorized to change the password > of root" >This looks like an SELINUX issue ... add selinux=0 as a switch to linux rescue like this: linux rescue selinux=0 (you where in a chroot after booting the rescue disk to change the passwd, right?)> -- > Regards, > Mark Quitoriano, CCNA > > Fan the flame... > http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=19441 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20060119/d6fa5a79/attachment-0005.sig>
On 1/19/06, Mark Quitoriano <markquitoriano at gmail.com> wrote:> hi i just installed my system then shutit down. after booting it up i can't > login to root so i did a linux rescue with the CD and when i tried to type > passwd this error message appear? > > "user_u:system_r:unconfined_t is not authorized to change the password of > root"This is an selinux error message. Apparently you enabled selinux during your install, however I've not seen it prevent people from logging in for ages. Are you trying to log into X as root? That it might stop. -- Jim Perrin System Architect - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center