bash problem - cannot telnet to my box

Hi, I just did a partial upgrade to slink - partial because of limited bandwidth - and now I cannot use telnet or ssh to my box. After entering the password I get:- Linux elm 2.1.126 #4 Wed Oct 28 19:37:29 WST 1998 i586 unknown Last login: Sun Nov 8 13:13:40 on ttyp0 from

Re: bash problem - cannot telnet to my box

I had a similar problem on a Redhat 5.1 system once. I was unable to login locally or remotely as anything but root. It ended up I had a file called nologin in my /etc/ directory, once I removed this I could login. But this sounds like it is a problem more related to your system not finding a