On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Beatriz Elena Duran Castañeda wrote:
> Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:01:43 -0500
> From: Beatriz Elena Duran Castañeda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: interpreter problem
>
>
> I'm using a server with RedHat 6.2; it was working fine but one day I had to
> reboot, the system came up fine with no problems, but if I try to login by
> console when I type the name of the user even root, it doesn't ask me for
> the password, just clean the screen and appears the login prompt again. If I
> do a telnet to the same server the:
>
> Red Hat Linux release 6.0 Publisher's Edition (Hedwig)
> Kernel 2.2.5-15 on an i686
>
> appears and the connection get closed; in the console screens appears a
> warning saying: Unable to load interpreter.
>
> I rebooted the machine again and made it to use the single mode, it worked
> and I made a fsck for the partitions. But the problem persists.
>
> HELP! PLEASE!
>
Aside from the things that Mikkel already recommended in another reply, I'd
definitely take a look around to make sure the system was not compromised.
Take a peek at files such as /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, run the 'last' and
'lastlog' commands since those are usually broken by crackers to remove
important information about their activities, see if you can download the
chkrootkit, copy it onto a floppy and run it to search the system for possible
rootkits, etc. Finally, what do you get in the /var/log/messages? Boot in
single user mode and take a peek in there. It always provides really good
clues as to what is going on.
Oh, also try to switch to a console (Ctrl+Alt+F2) and try to log in from
there. Just in case. Sometimes, gdm/xdm/kdm are causing the problem.
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