login.krb5 not accepting root password

[Russ Allbery]

Someone <please at nospam.net> writes:

> So what should I do so I can login with my local root account again
> using login.krb5 ??

Either don't use MD5 passwords (which is usually some sort of
configuration option on your system, but isn't recommended) or don't use
login.krb5 on Linux as /bin/login.

On Linux, a Kerberos PAM module is usually a better idea.

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Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>