Hi Folks,

I have just installed openSUSE 10.2 on a spare PC.

The PC boots up to the Linux ascii login prompt ok:

Welcome to openSUSE 10.2 (i586) - Kernel 2.6.18.2-34-default (tty1) Linux login:

However if I enter the login name "root" the PC immediately comes back and says:

login incorrect.

i.e. it recognises that root does not require a password but will not let me login.

I have booted the PC using the install CD and can see the files on the hard disk. If I look at /etc/shadow I can see that the root entry does not require a password.

I have therefore used vi to create an passwordless entry for a test user "tux" in /etc/password and /etc/shadow and also create a /home/tux directory and assigned it to user tux, group users however, after rebooting I still get the "login incorrect" error when I try to login as either tux or root.

What has gone wrong? Any suggestions on how to login would be welcome.

Sagr