[indiana-discuss] 2008.11 root login question

[Anon Y Mous]

There is no need to spam the opensolaris defect list because of this error message because Solaris is behaving the way it was designed to. Root login is intentionally disabled because there is no longer a "root user" anymore when you use an RBAC based system such as Solaris 10, Trusted Solaris 8, or any other version of Solaris after  Solrais 10.

RBAC stands for "Role Based Access Control" and it was designed by the military to increase security by no longer concentrating all of the power in a single root user (which makes it easy for hackers to compromise the system once they can escalate priveleges to get root access). Basically, root login from the console or via ssh is disabled by default because it is a security risk. And there is no longer a "root" user. Instead root is a "role" assumed by other users. 

However, if you really want to, you can create a traditional root user (like what you have in Linux or older Solaris like Solaris 9) and enable logins by that user.

This is the link for a good tutorial that explains how to to create a root user and then log in as that root user to install the Azureus bit torrent client:

http://www.comp-sos.com/index.php/review/operating-systems/42-unix/80-install-azureus-open-solaris-200805

Click on the small squares to enlarge the pictures and see the screen shots.
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