Setting Up Users
When you install the OpenSolaris release to your system, you are prompted to
create a user account and a root password for your system.
Review the following login, user account, and root specifications.
Root login is not enabled either on the Live CD or on the installed system. You must log in as the user that you created during the installation. After you log in, you can then become root to configure the system. Because root is a role, open a terminal window and use the su command to assume the role, or the pfexec sh command to run commands in a privileged shell.
Note - If you try to log in to the installed system as root, an error message displays. Click OK and log in as the local user that you created during the installation.
Root is a role per Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) specifications. However, if you do not create a user account during the installation, root is set up as a normal account on the installed system, instead of as a role. This is the only situation where you can log in to the installed system as root without manually changing the role assignment for root.
After you install the OpenSolaris release, if you wish to manually change the installed system to permit root logins, remove root as an assigned role for users. Then, type the following at the command line:
# rolemod -K type=normal root
This command converts root to a normal account.
If you forget the local user name or password that you entered during the installation, you must boot the system into Maintenance Mode as described in How to Troubleshoot Your OpenSolaris Login.
For additional instructions, see the following resources.
Table 5-1 RBAC Documentation
