Hi Larry.
> I have a number of machines running RH5.2 serving the amateur
> radio community here in Kansas City, MO. I can run pwconv and
> grpconv on all but one of them and still log into the repective
> systems. This one, however, lock me out very time I run pwconv.
> I go to another screen and try and log in and I get an incorrect
> password message. Once locked by self completely and had to use
> rescue disks to rename shadow file and set root passwork to
> nothing to get back in so I could undo the shadow pasword
> feature.
> Anybody got any ideas what would cause this odd behavior.
The obvious thought is a difference in the security system, and I'd
tend to suspect one of the following:
1. The shadow suite itself is not installed.
2. There's a corrupt file in the PAM system somewhere.
Unfortunately, I can't help much further than that...
Best wishes from Riley.
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