On 5/9/05, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 10:41:42AM -0700, rich turner wrote:
> > strangest thing has happened that i can not figure out.
> > i am no longer able to login (with any user) in runlevel 3 or higher. i
> > can successfully login at run level 1 with root and regular users but as
> > soon as i boot to init 3 or init 5 i can no longer login (invalid
> > password). i have changed the password while in level 1 and nothing
> > seems to change. anyone seen anything like this?
> >
>
> You might want to check /etc/inittab, specifically the line:
>
> id:3:initdefault:
>
> Make sure the digit between the colons is a 3 for runlevel 3. Generally
> speaking it should be a 3 or a 5 (for automatic logging into X).
Note that this is a {Redhat,Fedora}-centric answer, as the meaning of
run levels is not consistent among various Linux distributions.
When you say you "boot to init 3 or init 5" what exactly are you doing
to get there?
carl
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