Issue 113 in shellinabox: Can't log in

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Status: New
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Labels: Type-Defect Priority-Medium

New issue 113 by dramp...@gmail.com: Can't log in
http://code.google.com/p/shellinabox/issues/detail?id=113

May be something silly I am doing wrong:
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Logging in

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect to be logged in but it says login incorrect

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Version 2.10 CentOS

Please provide any additional information below.
When it says "Login:" on the webpage I enter root then my password but it
says login incorrect when I have it right. Do I have to do root@hostname or
something else? I have tried root@host already

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Comment #1 on issue 113 by jmcdo...@gmail.com: Can't log in
http://code.google.com/p/shellinabox/issues/detail?id=113

I'll ask the silly question...

Root login only works for ttys that are declared in the /etc/securetty
file. Check your /var/log/secure file for a failed login message with the
tty name. However really you should not be logging in as root. Login as a
regular user and then su or sudo to root.

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Comment #2 on issue 113 by kiryla...@gmail.com: Can't log in
http://code.google.com/p/shellinabox/issues/detail?id=113

Thanks, this helps me too!