Thanks for your quick reply. I called in single user mode 'add user test' with the following output:
Adding user ... Adding ... ... Copying files from '/etc/skel' Passwd: Permission denied Passwd: password unchanged Try again [y/N] n (yes: same again) Chfn: PAM authentification failed Adduser: '/usr/bin/chfn test' returned error code 1. Exiting. Here is /etc/pam.d/chfn: # # The PAM configuration file for the Shadow `chfn' service # # This allows root to change user infomation without being # prompted for a password auth sufficient pam_rootok.so # The standard Unix authentication modules, used with # NIS (man nsswitch) as well as normal /etc/passwd and # /etc/shadow entries. @include common-auth @include common-account @include common-session Just to complete it. The three files included: # # /etc/pam.d/common-account - authorization settings common to all services # # This file is included from other service-specific PAM config files, # and should contain a list of the authorization modules that define # the central access policy for use on the system. The default is to # only deny service to users whose accounts are expired in /etc/shadow. # account required pam_unix.so # # /etc/pam.d/common-auth - authentication settings common to all services # # This file is included from other service-specific PAM config files, # and should contain a list of the authentication modules that define # the central authentication scheme for use on the system # (e.g., /etc/shadow, LDAP, Kerberos, etc.). The default is to use the # traditional Unix authentication mechanisms. # #auth required pam_env.so auth required pam_unix.so nullok_secure # # /etc/pam.d/common-session - session-related modules common to all services # # This file is included from other service-specific PAM config files, # and should contain a list of modules that define tasks to be performed # at the start and end of sessions of *any* kind (both interactive and # non-interactive). The default is pam_unix. # session required pam_unix.so Cheers, Torsten > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Thierry Chatelet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Gesendet: Freitag, 17. Oktober 2008 21:34 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: Cannot login to Debian Lenny > > On Friday 17 October 2008 21:21:43 Torsten A. wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm having trouble to login to my Debian Lenny, indepent whether I wan't > to > > login using gdm or plain at the console. Another is that I don't know > much > > about Linux, I am still trying to get along with it. > > > > Cheers, > > Torsten > > > You can try to log as root. Then try to create a new user. Note carefuly > the > loggin mane and the password and try to log in as the user you have > created. > Then give us some news... > Thierry > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
