I ran into this same problem when trying to logon to the VM console. There is an error in the Oracle install doc.
Last week after my change I was unable to logon the server on the console directly. I found that in February I was asked to make this change Add the following line to the /etc/pam.d/login file: session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so session required pamlimit.so This caused the error that would not let me logon the console directly. This web page http://www.dawnstar.id.au/. explains that there is an error in the Oracle install doc. I removed the line from the /etc/pam.d/login file and I can now logon the console directly and apply maintenance. Could that be your problem. You have to ssh into the server to remove the line. Calvin Fisher MVMUA http://www2.marist.edu/~mvmua/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
