[OpenIndiana-discuss] oi151 clean install - root role problem

[Chris Bünger]

Am 27.11.2011 um 13:37 schrieb Matt Connolly <matt.connolly.au at gmail.com>:

>
> On 27/11/2011, at 10:08 PM, Chris Bünger wrote:
>
>> I think your User has to have the profile "Primary Administrator" in
>> /etc/user_attr.
>
> This still didn't help. But again, setting the root user password with `sudo passwd root` enables me to authenticate to the root role using that root password. (not my user password, as I would use with sudo).
>
> Any reason why the installer would not give the "Primary Administrator" profile to the first user on the machine? If the first user can't do it, who can?
>

Issue is known: https://www.illumos.org/issues/204


> If it wasn't for sudo, you'd have to boot into single mode to change anything!
>
> -Matt
>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Chris
>>
>> Am 27.11.2011 um 11:24 schrieb Matt Connolly <matt.connolly.au at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've just set up a new oi151 workstation, but am having a problem using the root role from any of the gui panels. (System -> Administration -> Services, or nwam-manager-properties from top task bar).
>>>
>>> When using the "lock" icon in the SMF Services panel, for example, it asks me to select a user, and then to select a role, which I select "root", and then that the role must be authenticated but it does not accept my password.
>>>
>>> I can "sudo" with no problems, though.
>>>
>>> And here's an interesting thing, I added a password to the root user with "sudo passwd root" that is different to my user password. I figure this should have no affect since root is a role not a user, right?
>>>
>>> Now, in the services panel, I can select "matt" as the user, then "root" as the role and then authenticate using the root password (not my user password).
>>>
>>> Is this how it is supposed to work? To access the root role, you need to use the root password, not your user password?
>>>
>>> And if so, why did the installer ask for a root password but not configure it correctly? (I could only access these panels after doing `sudo passwd root`)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Matt.
>>>
>>>
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