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  1. 07-16-2010 #1
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    After we changed Root's password (using the passwd command), both the new and old password work. Any ideas why this could be happening?
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    That makes no sense to me at all! In /etc/passwd there should be only one entry for root, and in /etc/shadow (where the encrypted passwords are kept) there should only be one entry for root as well. So, look in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow (I am assuming that you aren't using LDAP or NIS for user authentication) and see if there are multiple entries for root in either one.
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    Hello Rubberman..thanks for the response. The shadow and passwd files only have 1 root entry.

    I didn't mention that we are using a form of LDAP and the primary db is windows active directory. However, I wouldn't think the root id was impacted. I'm not the one who implemented this, but let me research it more.
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    It is likely that LDAP integration with the Linux authentication system is causing this behavior. Since I'm just learning about using LDAP myself with Linux I can't really suggest what to do in order to keep root from being authenticated by LDAP, but restricted to the local system, if that's what you really want.
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