Andrew Leary wrote to All:

AL> When I try running su to do the make install, it doesn't recognize the 
AL> password.  Also, if I try running the passwd command to change the 
AL> password while logged in as mbse, it doesn't work.  I literally can log in 
AL> as mbse, type passwd at the prompt, type in the same password I just used 
AL> to log in, and it will fail, saying the password is incorrect.

Are you doing the following:

1) Log in as the mbse user.
2) Run the su command without any parameters.
3) Then run make install

You need to be root (that's the pupose of the su command) in order to 
install the program using 'make install' so if you forget your root
password, you're screwed.

    Regards, Robert Wolfe
    email: rwolfe{at}net261.ath.cx

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