Help can't log in as root

Root user is enabled and password set. Can't seem to get the "other" in the log in window when I log out as my admin, so I can login as root. Do I need to reinstall OS X.

Hi!
I don't know if this will help: Mac OS X 10.3: No "Other" Option at Login.

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NCS 1.1 Can't log in as root

Hi,
I'm preparing to migrate from WCS to NCS.
I've got my licenses and I'm ready to go.
I've downloaded and installed the small distritubtion on my VMware platform.
The image loads up and the web starts, but there seems to be something missing from the setup part of it.
When I go to the web login, I'm meant to log in with the root user.
From the documentation, I see that I should have been prompted for a web user login, as root and that in the install or setup process Im meant to set a root password, however. I'm never prompted for this.
In the docs it says:
Installing NCS ...
* Cisco Prime Network Control System Setup    *
Enter "^" to return to previous question.
HA Primary Machine
* High Availability Role Selection        *
Will this server be used as a Secondary for HA? (yes/no)[no]:
* Web Interface Root Password Selection   *
Enter root password:
Enter root password again:
* FTP Password Selection                  *
Enter ftp password:
Enter ftp password again:
* Summary                                     *
Server will not be a Secondary
Root Password is set.
Ftp Password is set.
Apply these settings? (y/n)n
This never shows up on my install.
I've even tried to reset the password manually with the admin user from CLI, but to no avail.
Please help!
NCS/admin# ncs password root password PleaseWorkNoW2012
CompilerOracle: exclude org/snmp4j/Snmp.send
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java.lang.Error: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.cisco.xmp.classLoader.XMPSystemClassLoader
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.initSystemClassLoader(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.cisco.xmp.classLoader.XMPSystemClassLoader
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.SystemClassLoaderAction.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.initSystemClassLoader(Unknown Source)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(Unknown Source)
ERROR: Invocation of XMP User Password reset failed, Please check the server log file, exiting

a short info on NCS (WAN) I found on CCO (to let you know what you have downloaded...)
form the Quick Start Guide:
"Prime NCS (WAN) provides lifecycle management of Cisco routers and switches, simplifying the configuration, administration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of these devices. Prime NCS (WAN) helps deploy and manage Cisco Borderless Network architectures and services with a focus on WAN and multi-service branch networks. "
the documentation overview:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/net_mgmt/prime/network_control_system/1.1/documentation/list/ncs_wan_doclist.html
and the release notes:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/net_mgmt/prime/network_control_system/1.1/release/notes/ncs_rn.html
I am not sure, but I asssume that LMS will finally (at the far end) be merged/converted into this product..

Can't log in as root via ssh, secure.log says it has expired

Hi,
I've followed the guides to enable the root account via Directory Utility but I can't log in via ssh. In secure.log I get:
Apr 26 09:09:56 snowy sshd[1797]: in pamsmauthenticate(): Failed to determine Kerberos principal name.
Apr 26 09:10:00 snowy sshd[1794]: error: PAM: user account has expired for root from <xxxx hostname removed for privacy> via 10.0.0.1
I've tried enabling/disabling the root account, changing its password.. I've made sure the root account is enabled in sshd_config and that it has a valid shell in /etc/shells.
If anyone can tell me how to fix this I'd be very grateful.
Thanks,
Mark

Nevermind I figured it out, needed to enable ssh for 'Administrators' group in Sharing -> Remote access

Can't log in as root user

Somehow my computer lost the ability to login as a root user. I noticed the problem when I tried to install a software update. When it prompted me for administrator username and password it usually has my username stored, it didn't. I typed my username and password but it didn't take. I opened Netinfo Manager to enable root user, but after I authenticate, the enable root user is dimmed.
I tried logging out of user but there is not "other" option to login as root user. I can't create a new user in accounts because it's locked and to unlock it I need the correct administrator username.
I've also tried boot from CD to reset password. When I select my boot drive it gives me no options.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

There is only one root user, so saying "a root user" doesn't make sense. What you mean is an admin user, and it looks like your account has somehow manage to lose its admin privileges.
Follow the instructions in I lost my admin user and you should get them back.
Note that in this User Tip, 'youruser' is a placeholder. You are supposed to substitute the short name of your account wherever it appears.

Can't log on my account

Hi everyone,
I've got a big problem, all works fine .. until today
I've do something wrong i were log my main account and open a term and type "startx"
After that 'ive get kick of my session and can't go on until that ..
I try to reboot but nothing change ..
i can still log on my root account ( xfce start )
but if a try to log on my main account that's get me back on lightdm login screen ..
How can i solve my mistake ?
thanks for help ^^
Ps : As you may have notice i've got a bad english :x sorry for that

If I undestood you then you were able to start a graphical interface with root and weren't able to do so as regulaar user. Thet means you need to sart Xorg as root (for whatever reason, as with systemd it shouldn't be the case). Not long ago this feature has been introduced to arch users, and has been posted in the news section.

Can't log in as anything other than root

Recently I installed Arch linux on my laptop. Had a few problems with the install but I got there eventually.
I have installed gnome and lxde which I am using now with the log in manager that came with gnome.
Before I was using gnome/lxde I just logged in from the default login screen, and ran startx to load the x window manager and from there I would type startxfce4 to get into xfce. All seems to go well on the root account, however, when I created a new user with
I added a new non-root user with useradd and all went well with no complaints. I set up a password for it too.
When I logged out of root and tried to log in as my non-root user it said something like
"timed out locking in authority file" - not sure the exact words.
one time it loaded x window manager (but could not load xfce4) but since then it has loaded a black screen with nothing on it. After installing gnome and lxde and using the gnome login manager, my new user shows up on the login menu, however, when trying to log in to lxde it loads into the DE but a popup says: "Error: Invalid Directory" (or something like that). No applications are in the menu and all other buttons are unresponsive, had to reboot.
I Can not log in to any usable DE at this stage. I can only successfully log into non-root accounts using the default arch login screen (which i no longer am using).
I do have access to a live version of arch.
I really want to get this fixed as not only is it bad practice to run under root all the time, but many applications won't run as root.
Any help would be much appreciated, but I'm new to this so you're probably going to have to be quite detailed; I came from Linux Mint 12 which kinda did everything for me.

lsblk:
sda 8:0 0 232.9G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 0 8G 0 part /
├─sda2 8:2 0 53G 0 part
├─sda3 8:3 0 1K 0 part
├─sda4 8:4 0 72.2G 0 part /home
├─sda5 8:5 0 95.7G 0 part
└─sda6 8:6 0 2G 0 part
sdb 8:16 1 3.7G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 3.7G 0 part /run/media/root/PENDRIVE
mount
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
dev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=1027104k,nr_inodes=219199,mode=755)
run on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755)
/dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuacct,cpu)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=35,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda4 on /home type vfat (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/0/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
/dev/sdb1 on /run/media/root/PENDRIVE type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0077,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,showexec,utf8,flush,errors=remount-ro,uhelper=udisks2)
df -h:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 7.8G 5.5G 2.0G 74% /
dev 1004M 0 1004M 0% /dev
run 1005M 736K 1005M 1% /run
tmpfs 1005M 84K 1005M 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 1005M 0 1005M 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 1005M 12K 1005M 1% /tmp
/dev/sda4 73G 530M 72G 1% /home
/dev/sdb1 3.8G 529M 3.2G 14% /run/media/root/PENDRIVE

I deleted my filevault.. Now I can't log in. Please HELP!

Hi All,
I recently deleted my filevault from my bf's username, and now cannot log into my account. He can still log in, and I can log into my other account. I would just use the other account I have set up but all my music, photos etc are on my account that I cannot access
I've been looking for solutions online, and managed to log into my Root User account but when I go to Macintosh HD > Users (as the internet told me) my user name isn't there so I cannot follow the guide to get it working again
Please help this is driving me crazy, and making me reach a point where I want to get rid of this Mac and buy a PC - because I cannot resolve any issues I have!!
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I think yur best bet is to contact the Music store customer service. They have access to your accounts and will be able to understand why it didn't let you log in the first time.
Here's the form to contact them:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/musicstore/email/
You might also want to check out this page:
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Why can't I change file ownership in the Finder when logged in as root?

Why can't I change file ownership in the Finder when logged in as root?
I can change it in the Finder if logged in as admin or via the terminal as root.
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N8 Thomas wrote:
I then went into my finder preference section and changed my "New finder window show" to my computer's name. At that point I could view and find anything within it. this part got the job done.
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I need help with resetting my ichat. When i try to login now it wont let me... it says "AOL Instant Messenger password" and then "iChat can't log in to ... because your login ID or password is incorrect. How do I reset this if I cant log in?

I need help with resetting my ichat. When i try to login now it wont let me... it says "AOL Instant Messenger password" and then "iChat can't log in to ... because your login ID or password is incorrect. How do I reset this if I cant log in? When I try to press online the same thing pops up and I have no way of logging in or asking for help.

Hi,
iChat (it would help to know which version) can accept Apple IDs as valid AIM Screen Names.
However if you have iChat 5 or earlier you cannot use ones ending in @me.com or @icloud.com issued by iCloud. (they can be used in iChat 6 or Messages as these versions make a double login to AIM and Apple to allow the use of the password).
In addition if you are using an Apple ID for an AIM Screen Name the password still needs to keep to the 16 character limit that AIM has.
AN @mac.com name can be used on any version of iChat (Until the 30th June 2014)
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Login here with an AIM Name registered at AIM or and @mac.com name and see if you get any suspended account messages.
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I apologize, I'm a bit unclear on exactly what you are trying to log into with your Apple ID, or what exactly you are seeing (alert message, directions, etc) when you try to do so. If you continue to have issues with your Apple ID, you may find one or more of the articles linked from the following page helpful:
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Can't log in with valid password, can't boot from disk, can't access disk utility, in single user mode can't reset password as appears locked in caps mode with '?' for forward slash, can anyone help?

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Which keyboard layout you were using? German, French ... I suppose your layout is reset to the default: US and you are unable to find the "?" or "/" ...
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Can't get back to root welcome page while logged in as administrator

Greetings all,
Something weird has occurred with our iTunes U channel. If I log in as primary administrator, I have access to the tools for creating dependent welcome pages. If I create a new dependent welcome page, and then click on the new welcome page to navigate to it and edit it, I get told "This page has no content. Click to edit".
Once I'm at this point (whether I edit the new page or not), I can no longer return to the root welcome page as an administrator. The "Back" button is greyed out. I can get back to the root welcome page as a non-admin user, for instance by clicking the name of my institution in the top right hand menu bar. This gives me an outdated root welcome page without any of the standard administrative links in the top right-hand corner, and there is no "Click to Edit" link.
In order to get back to the root page as an admin, I have to go back to the Admin login page in my browser, and go through the whole process of logging in again.
Has anyone had any experience with something similar happening to them? If so, how did you resolve the problem?
TKA for any assistance,
Erik Norvelle

After you resetted your router you should try adjusting the wireless settings on your router...
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1
Leave username blank & in password use admin in lower case...
For Wireless Settings, please do the following : -
Click on the Wireless tab
-Here select manual configuratioon...Wireless Network mode should be mixed...
-Provide a unique name in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) box in order to differentiate your network from your neighbours network...
- Set the Radio Band to Wide-40MHz and change the Wide channel to 9 and Standard Channel to 11-2.462GHz...Wireless SSID broadcast should be Enabled and then click on save settings...
Please make a note of Wireless Network Name (SSID) as this is the Network Identifier...
For Wireless Security : -
Click on the Sub tab under Wireless > Wireless Security...
Change the Wireless security mode to WPA, For Encryption, select AES...For Passphrase input your desired WPA Key. For example , MySecretKey , This will serve as your network key whenever you connect to your wireless network. Do NOT give this key to anyone.
NOTE : Passphrase should be more that 8 characters...
Click on Advanced Wireless Settings
Change the Beacon Interval to 75 >>Change the Fragmentation...
Threshold to 2304 Change the RTS Threshold to 2307 >>Click on "Save Settings"...
Now see if you can locate your Wireless Network and attempt to connect...See if you get the desired speed...If not you should un-install and re-install the wireless adapter...

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