I think I...don't know

[Ben Pfaff]

"Josh Grabarek 7722" <jgrabarek@fnac-usa.com> writes:

> I can only login using a user account to my linux machine and then I can su
> over to root but I cannot login as root.

This is normal if you are trying to log in as root via telnet.
This is not normal if you are trying to log in as root on the
console.  Behavior can be configured either way for ssh; default
is allowed, unless your distribution changes the default.
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