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Old 05-24-2010
Log in as root and it errors out
Hello

I tried to log in as root, through console access, and this is what I got.
[root@hostname] >root
ksh: root: not found

Can you tell me why I got this and what causes it.

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 05-24-2010
It looks like you were already root. To login as root from the coomand line:
Code:
su - root

It will then ask for the root password.
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Old 05-24-2010
Thank you J. Mcnamara.
 
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