On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Valmor de Almeida <val.gen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> After a system/world update my user account dealmeida cannot be logged to or
> root cannot su to it. When su - dealmeida is issued at the root command
> prompt, it immediately returns to root. When login is at the console the
> motd appears (twice; why?) and then the session is closed. In the
> /var/log/messages I get
>
> May  2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: Successful su for dealmeida by root
> May  2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: + pts/1 root:dealmeida
> May  2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for
> user dealmeida by root(uid=0)
> May  2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for
> user dealmeida
>
> No other account has this problem.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,

Is the user's shell set properly?

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