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to: Andrew Leary
from: Michiel Broek
date: 2008-12-01 20:42:40
subject: Re: MBSE Setup on Slackware 12.1

Hi Andrew,

Andrew Leary wrote to All:
AL> Hello All!
AL> 
AL> I've been toying with the idea of installing MBSE on one of my Linux 
AL> machines, but have hit a roadblock.  I unpacked the source for 0.92.0, ran 

AL> the SETUP.sh script with no problem, logged out and back in as mbse, ran 
AL> ./configure, and make.
AL> 
AL> When I try running su to do the make install, it doesn't recognize the 

That must be the root password here.

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.
AL> 
AL> Anyone have any suggestions?

Use the root password after su.



    Greetings, Michiel Broek

Email:   mbse at fido dot mbse dot eu
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