Thanks, but this hasn't fixed it I'm afraid.
I've discovered that I can log in if I startup in 'failsafe' mode (that's
something I suppose!) but not if I startup normally.
I can't log in as *any* user, not even root!
Any more suggestions from anyone?
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "daRcmaTTeR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Help I Can't log in!!!
>
> in that case you may want to check to make sure the IP address of the
> machine you're trying to connect to this box from isn't being blocked by
> port sentry. check the /etc/hosts.deny file for the IP address of that
> machine. If it's there you'll want to enter that machine's address into
> the hosts.ignore and hosts.allow file so this doens't happen any more.
>
> that happens to me at least once every time I setup a new box.
>
> --
> daRcmaTTeR
> ----------
> Registered Linux User 182496
>
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