Re: User can't login but /etc/(master.)passwd OK

2012-05-09 Thread Tim K
On 05/09/12 12:02, Brian wrote: On 5/9/2012 8:08 AM, Michael Sierchio wrote: On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Robert Bonomi wrote: "Details are *IMPORTANT*" What's the user's shell in the password file, and does that shell: exist? executable? In the /etc/shells file? __

Re: User can't login but /etc/(master.)passwd OK

2012-05-09 Thread Brian
On 5/9/2012 8:08 AM, Michael Sierchio wrote: On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Robert Bonomi wrote: "Details are *IMPORTANT*" What's the user's shell in the password file, and does that shell: exist? executable? In the /etc/shells file? ___ freebsd-

Re: User can't login but /etc/(master.)passwd OK

2012-05-09 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 8:03 AM, Robert Bonomi wrote: > "Details are *IMPORTANT*" What's the user's shell in the password file, and does that shell: exist? executable? In the /etc/shells file? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lis

Re: User can't login but /etc/(master.)passwd OK

2012-05-09 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Wed May 9 07:09:19 2012 > Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 14:04:35 +0200 > From: n dhert > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: User can't login but /etc/(master.)passwd OK > > I have a problem with a login on FreeBSD (8.3-p

Re: User can't login but /etc/(master.)passwd OK

2012-05-09 Thread Polytropon
On Wed, 9 May 2012 14:04:35 +0200, n dhert wrote: > the entries for 'THATUSER in /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd are still > the same as from a backup > of 14 days ago (no change in encrypted passwd) > The /etc/pwd.db and /etc/spwd.db are binary files so I can't check.. You can easily rebuild

User can't login but /etc/(master.)passwd OK

2012-05-09 Thread n dhert
I have a problem with a login on FreeBSD (8.3-p1) Dont' know what was done wrong, but a certain user (lets call it THATUSER) can no longer login. the entries for 'THATUSER in /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd are still the same as from a backup of 14 days ago (no change in encrypted passwd) The

Re: NIS users can't login with FTPD

2009-10-30 Thread Markiyan Kushnir
what's in /etc/nsswitch.conf ? Markiyan. Frank Bonnet wrote: Hello I've installed a nes machine ( 7.2 / 64 bits ) which runs like a charm EXCEPT for the FTP service for NIS users ... Local users ( which are present in /etc/passwd file ) have no problem BUT NIS users cannot log in when using

NIS users can't login with FTPD

2009-10-30 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello I've installed a nes machine ( 7.2 / 64 bits ) which runs like a charm EXCEPT for the FTP service for NIS users ... Local users ( which are present in /etc/passwd file ) have no problem BUT NIS users cannot log in when using telnet NIS users have no problem to log in ... Thank for any he

Re: Can't login to the system...!

2009-07-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 04:56:35PM +0300, thanos trompoukis wrote: > Hi all, I am a noobie here. > I was in the system as root and I type this command: > chsh -s usr/local/bin/bash (without reason,by mistake) > when I reboot the system I give username & password and I see this: > > > login: us

Re: Can't login to the system...!

2009-07-23 Thread Steve Bertrand
Steve Bertrand wrote: > thanos trompoukis wrote: >> Hi all, I am a noobie here. >> I was in the system as root and I type this command: >> chsh -s usr/local/bin/bash (without reason,by mistake) > > Login as a different user, and "su" to root as you've stated you can do, > then: > > # chsh -s /bin

Re: Can't login to the system...!

2009-07-23 Thread Daniel Bye
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 04:56:35PM +0300, thanos trompoukis wrote: > Hi all, I am a noobie here. > I was in the system as root and I type this command: > chsh -s usr/local/bin/bash (without reason,by mistake) > when I reboot the system I give username & password and I see this: > > > login: usr

Re: Can't login to the system...!

2009-07-23 Thread Steve Bertrand
thanos trompoukis wrote: > Hi all, I am a noobie here. > I was in the system as root and I type this command: > chsh -s usr/local/bin/bash (without reason,by mistake) Login as a different user, and "su" to root as you've stated you can do, then: # chsh -s /bin/sh Steve smime.p7s Description: S

Re: Can't login to the system...!

2009-07-23 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:56:35 +0300, thanos trompoukis wrote: > Hi all, I am a noobie here. > I was in the system as root and I type this command: > chsh -s usr/local/bin/bash (without reason,by mistake) > when I reboot the system I give username & password and I see this: > > > login: usr/loca

Can't login to the system...!

2009-07-23 Thread thanos trompoukis
Hi all, I am a noobie here. I was in the system as root and I type this command: chsh -s usr/local/bin/bash (without reason,by mistake) when I reboot the system I give username & password and I see this: login: usr/local/bin/bash: No such file or directory FreeBSD/i386 (leonidas.MSHOME) (tty

Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash

2008-10-14 Thread Aniruddha
hange the root's shell to bash. I used this command: 'chsh > > > > -s /usr/local/bin/bash'. Prior to changing the shell for root I did it > > > > for my user account using the same command without problems. > > > > Unfortunately after a reboot I can

Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash

2008-10-14 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
for root I did it > > for my user account using the same command without problems. > > Unfortunately after a reboot I can't login as root anymore because my > > system can't find /usr/local/bin/bash. How can I fix this? I tried > > booting the freesbie cd but this wo

Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash

2008-10-14 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
gt; -s /usr/local/bin/bash'. Prior to changing the shell for root I did it > > > for my user account using the same command without problems. > > > Unfortunately after a reboot I can't login as root anymore because my > > > system can't find /usr/local/bi

Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash

2008-10-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
; > -s /usr/local/bin/bash'. Prior to changing the shell for root I did it > > > for my user account using the same command without problems. > > > Unfortunately after a reboot I can't login as root anymore because my > > > system can't find /usr/local/bi

Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash

2008-10-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
> Unfortunately after a reboot I can't login as root anymore because my > system can't find /usr/local/bin/bash. How can I fix this? I tried > booting the freesbie cd but this wouldn't boot :(. Thanks in advance! Sounds like /usr/local/bin is either not in the path for root o

Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash

2008-10-14 Thread Aniruddha
> > for my user account using the same command without problems. > > Unfortunately after a reboot I can't login as root anymore because my > > system can't find /usr/local/bin/bash. > > I can't explain why your systems says it can't find /usr/local/bin/b

Re: Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash

2008-10-14 Thread Jeremy Chadwick
nfortunately after a reboot I can't login as root anymore because my > system can't find /usr/local/bin/bash. I can't explain why your systems says it can't find /usr/local/bin/bash. I would assume you also cannot log in as yourself. You should not change root's shel

Can't login as root after changing the shell to bash

2008-10-14 Thread Aniruddha
I tried to change the root's shell to bash. I used this command: 'chsh -s /usr/local/bin/bash'. Prior to changing the shell for root I did it for my user account using the same command without problems. Unfortunately after a reboot I can't login as root anymore because my sy

Re: disaster recovery: I can't login

2008-04-19 Thread Mel
On Saturday 19 April 2008 11:08:36 Dino Vliet wrote: >Hi folks, >Yesterday disaster struck after I wanted to remove Gnome and issued >the following command: > pkg_deinstall -R x11/gnome* -x evolution > I went to sleep and when I woke up I rebooted and got the login > screen iso my norma

disaster recovery: I can't login

2008-04-19 Thread Dino Vliet
Hi folks, Yesterday disaster struck after I wanted to remove Gnome and issued the following command: pkg_deinstall -R x11/gnome* -x evolution I went to sleep and when I woke up I rebooted and got the login screen iso my normal graphical GDM. I logged in as I normally do and thought I wa

Re: Can't login through ssh from 6.3 machine to 7.0 machine

2008-04-10 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 05:57:01PM +0200, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Frank Bonnet wrote: > >Hello > > > >I have installed a fresh new machine running 7.0 and surprisingly > >I cannot log in from another machine through SSH ... > > > >I haven't modified the standard sshd configuration at install > >whic

Re: Can't login through ssh from 6.3 machine to 7.0 machine

2008-04-10 Thread Kris Kennaway
Frank Bonnet wrote: Hello I have installed a fresh new machine running 7.0 and surprisingly I cannot log in from another machine through SSH ... I haven't modified the standard sshd configuration at install which is the same than my other 6.3 based machine ... All accounts are local. I can

Can't login through ssh from 6.3 machine to 7.0 machine

2008-04-10 Thread Frank Bonnet
Hello I have installed a fresh new machine running 7.0 and surprisingly I cannot log in from another machine through SSH ... I haven't modified the standard sshd configuration at install which is the same than my other 6.3 based machine ... All accounts are local. I canssh 7.0 --> 6.3 I ca

Re: Can't login: no pam_unix.so found

2007-09-24 Thread Victor Star
Hi Mel, >> pam_unix.so is in /usr/lib: >> - 8< -=== >> # ls -l /usr/lib/pam_unix* >> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 13 Sep 25 2006 /usr/lib/pam_unix.so -> >> pam_unix.so.3 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10240 Feb 19 2007 >> /usr/lib/pam_unix.so.3 #

Re: Can't login: no pam_unix.so found

2007-09-24 Thread Mel
On Sunday 23 September 2007 04:57:13 Victor Star wrote: > Hi guys, > > I need your help to fix my FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE system. > This is my home server, used mostly for mail (courier) and local file > server (samba). It's been up for quite some time with no problems and > really fun for me to learn

Can't login: no pam_unix.so found

2007-09-22 Thread Victor Star
Hi guys, I need your help to fix my FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE system. This is my home server, used mostly for mail (courier) and local file server (samba). It's been up for quite some time with no problems and really fun for me to learn FreeBSD. I've learned lots of things configuring postfix, courier

Re: Can't Login at the Console on FreeBSD 6.0 Release

2007-02-08 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
- Original Message - From: "Lowell Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "JP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:54 AM Subject: Re: Can't Login at the Console on FreeBSD 6.0 Release > JP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: &

Re: Can't Login at the Console on FreeBSD 6.0 Release

2007-02-08 Thread Lowell Gilbert
e system. I am able to boot into single > user mode, I see that login is core-dumping on signal 11 and as such > I can't login to the box. Ftp, SSH, and other services are not > responsive and don't even attempt to allow me to login remotely. > > I'd like to be a

Can't Login at the Console on FreeBSD 6.0 Release

2007-02-06 Thread JP
user mode, I see that login is core-dumping on signal 11 and as such I can't login to the box. Ftp, SSH, and other services are not responsive and don't even attempt to allow me to login remotely. I'd like to be able to login at the console, and be able to FTP into the box

Re: Can't login via SSH

2006-04-25 Thread Daniel Bye
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 09:20:38AM -0700, Kris Anderson wrote: > > > --- Jose Borquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I attempt to establish an ssh connection to a remote > > server and I get > > the following error: > > "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by > > remote host" > >

Re: Can't login via SSH

2006-04-25 Thread Kris Anderson
--- Jose Borquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I attempt to establish an ssh connection to a remote > server and I get > the following error: > "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by > remote host" > > I have checked the hosts.allow file and Everything > is allowed by > default. W

Re: Can't login via SSH

2006-04-25 Thread Bill Moran
On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:28:58 -0700 Jose Borquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I attempt to establish an ssh connection to a remote server and I get > the following error: > "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host" > > I have checked the hosts.allow file and Everything is al

Re: Can't login via SSH

2006-04-25 Thread Daniel Bye
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 11:28:58PM -0700, Jose Borquez wrote: > I attempt to establish an ssh connection to a remote server and I get > the following error: > "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host" > > I have checked the hosts.allow file and Everything is allowed by > de

Can't login via SSH

2006-04-24 Thread Jose Borquez
I attempt to establish an ssh connection to a remote server and I get the following error: "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host" I have checked the hosts.allow file and Everything is allowed by default. What else can I check? Thanks in advance, Jose

Can't login from console

2006-03-02 Thread Jeff Maxwell
I noticed today that I can not login from the console as any user. When I do try I get this error: Mar 2 16:15:16 hostname /kernel: Mar 2 16:15:16 hostname getty [253]: /usr/bin/login: No such file or directory I have no problems with remote login on ssh. The server is at a remote site s

Re: Can't login with /var was not properly dismounted

2005-06-08 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Kris Kennaway wrote: doing fsck -y /var (using signle user mode) I get ** /dev/ar0s4d ** Last Mounted on /var ** Phase 1 - Check Block and Sizes pressing ^T right after issueing the command I get load : 0.42 cmd: fsck_ufs 70 [physrd] 0.00u 0.00s 0% 1336k then it hangs. It doesn't respond to f

Re: Can't login with /var was not properly dismounted

2005-06-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:56:18PM -0500, Amer Alhabsi wrote: > > >On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 12:23:59PM -0500, Amer Alhabsi wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> My FreeBSD 5.4 machine stopped responding and I pressed the reset button > >> (even SSH from a different machine didn't work). After restart, I got >

Can't login with /var was not properly dismounted

2005-06-07 Thread Amer Alhabsi
>On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 12:23:59PM -0500, Amer Alhabsi wrote: >> Hi, >> >> My FreeBSD 5.4 machine stopped responding and I pressed the reset button >> (even SSH from a different machine didn't work). After restart, I got /usr >> and /var were not properly dismounted message and it hangs. I logged

Re: Can't login with /var was not properly dismounted

2005-06-07 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 12:23:59PM -0500, Amer Alhabsi wrote: > Hi, > > My FreeBSD 5.4 machine stopped responding and I pressed the reset button > (even SSH from a different machine didn't work). After restart, I got /usr > and /var were not properly dismounted message and it hangs. I logged on in

Can't login with /var was not properly dismounted

2005-06-07 Thread Amer Alhabsi
Hi, My FreeBSD 5.4 machine stopped responding and I pressed the reset button (even SSH from a different machine didn't work). After restart, I got /usr and /var were not properly dismounted message and it hangs. I logged on in single mode and done fsck -y /usr as suggested in a google sea

Re: Can't Login to Box Anymore

2005-03-17 Thread John
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 12:44:53PM -0800, JP wrote: > Hello, > > I recently installed Samba and was configuring the box for winbindd. Upon > rebooting I can no longer login to the box via telnet or any other means. > The console also generates the same error: > > login in free(): error: chu

Re: Can't Login to Box Anymore

2005-03-17 Thread W. D.
At 14:44 3/17/2005, JP wrote: >Hello, > >I recently installed Samba and was configuring the box for winbindd. Upon >rebooting I can no longer login to the box via telnet or any other means. >The console also generates the same error: > >login in free(): error: chunk is already free > >This i

Can't Login to Box Anymore

2005-03-17 Thread JP
Hello, I recently installed Samba and was configuring the box for winbindd. Upon rebooting I can no longer login to the box via telnet or any other means. The console also generates the same error: login in free(): error: chunk is already free This is on FreeBSD 5.3. Any advice on how to

Re: Broken shell - I can't login at all

2005-02-15 Thread Jeff BSD
On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:34:46 +0100, Ruben de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 08:57:28PM -0800, Jeff BSD typed: > > Hi- > > I'm in the process of upgrading a 4.6 system to 5.3. When I boot the > > machine it gets to: > > How are you doing the upgrade? There a

Re: Broken shell - I can't login at all

2005-02-15 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 09:56:30AM -0500, epilogue wrote: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:57:28 -0800 > Jeff BSD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi- > > I'm in the process of upgrading a 4.6 system to 5.3. When I boot the > > machine it gets to: > > > > Enter full pathname of shell of RETURN for

Re: Broken shell - I can't login at all

2005-02-15 Thread epilogue
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:57:28 -0800 Jeff BSD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi- > I'm in the process of upgrading a 4.6 system to 5.3. When I boot the > machine it gets to: > > > init: bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to single user > mode > Enter root password, or ^D to go multi

Broken shell - I can't login at all

2005-02-14 Thread Jeff BSD
Hi- I'm in the process of upgrading a 4.6 system to 5.3. When I boot the machine it gets to: init: bin/sh on /etc/rc terminated abnormally, going to single user mode Enter root password, or ^D to go multi-user Password: I enter the password, then: Enter full pathname of shell of

Re: Can't login to Nessus

2004-10-28 Thread Aaron P. Martinez
On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 09:50, Alexandr wrote: > > > SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file > > > or directory > > > > I'd guess it's trying to load an SSL key - did you create them? > > (by default ISTR nessus talks to the nessusd over SSL). > I didn't crea

Re: Can't login to Nessus

2004-10-28 Thread Alexandr
On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 02:33:55PM +, Alexandr wrote: > I cvsuped my ports tree and install nessus and nessus-plugins. > As root a run nessusd and run nessus, when I type my user name and password > I get message in concole: > > SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations: error:02001002:system library:fope

Re: Can't login to Nessus

2004-10-28 Thread Alexandr
> > SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or > > directory > > I'd guess it's trying to load an SSL key - did you create them? > (by default ISTR nessus talks to the nessusd over SSL). I didn't create SSL keys I don't know nothing about them. Where I cat

Re: Can't login to Nessus

2004-10-28 Thread Dick Davies
* Alexandr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [1030 12:30]: > I cvsuped my ports tree and install nessus and nessus-plugins. > As root a run nessusd and run nessus, when I type my user name and password > I get message in concole: > > SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such fil

Can't login to Nessus

2004-10-28 Thread Alexandr
I cvsuped my ports tree and install nessus and nessus-plugins. As root a run nessusd and run nessus, when I type my user name and password I get message in concole: SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations: error:02001002:system library:fopen:No such file or directory And get message login failed in grafic

Re: Can't login to 5.2-RC1, must hard reboot

2004-02-09 Thread Doug White
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, sammy!!! wrote: > I get the following error messages in my logfile, a lot. > > Feb 7 18:40:22 cooper sshd[806]: set class 'me' resource limit > datasize: Operation not permitted > Feb 7 18:40:22 cooper sshd[806]: set class 'me' resource limit > stacksize: Operation not permit

Can't login to 5.2-RC1, must hard reboot

2004-02-07 Thread sammy!!!
My server locks up every few days, mysql and other process are still running, I can ping the machine, however I cannot login. Even when I login using the console, i can enter my name for the login, then it just hangs. A few questions: my kernel does not have maxusers set, does it need to be

Re: can't login to gdm

2004-01-17 Thread r t g tan
Hi Gilbert, Ive fixed the problem by copying the factory-gdm.conf to gdm.conf On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 10:09:20AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > r t g tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm trying to run gdm, but I can't login. > > > > - I don

Re: can't login to gdm

2004-01-01 Thread Lowell Gilbert
r t g tan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to run gdm, but I can't login. > > - I don't get any .xsession-errors, and am able > to login using xdm. > > - Neither message saying incorrect user passwd Wh

can't login to gdm

2003-12-30 Thread r t g tan
Hi, I'm trying to run gdm, but I can't login. - I don't get any .xsession-errors, and am able to login using xdm. - Neither message saying incorrect user passwd Tnx, -- robert t g tan pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

RE: Can't login to machine any more!

2003-12-29 Thread Derrick Ryalls
> > Yeah, I ran across this with a google search yesterday. I found that > the account expiration dates for all my accounts were set to December > 1969 somehow. Changing this fixed it, but I was having some other > issues regarding logging in and out with X that were still > unresolved, > so

Re: Can't login to machine any more!

2003-12-28 Thread Trey Sizemore
ECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:40 PM Subject: Re: Can't login to machine any more! Micheal Patterson wrote: - Original Message - From: "Trey Sizemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003

Re: Can't login to machine any more!

2003-12-27 Thread Matt Juszczak
PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:40 PM > Subject: Re: Can't login to machine any more! > > >> Micheal Patterson wrote: >> >> >- Original Message - >> >From: "Trey Sizemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Can't login to machine any more!

2003-12-27 Thread Micheal Patterson
- Original Message - From: "Trey Sizemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Micheal Patterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:40 PM Subject: Re: Can't login to machine any more! > Michea

Re: Can't login to machine any more!

2003-12-27 Thread Trey Sizemore
Micheal Patterson wrote: - Original Message - From: "Trey Sizemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:10 PM Subject: Can't login to machine any more! Just recently I can no longer login to my machine. When

Re: Can't login to machine any more!

2003-12-27 Thread Micheal Patterson
- Original Message - From: "Trey Sizemore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:10 PM Subject: Can't login to machine any more! > Just recently I can no longer login to my machine. When I get to the gdm >

Can't login to machine any more!

2003-12-27 Thread Trey Sizemore
Just recently I can no longer login to my machine. When I get to the gdm screen and enter my username and password I get: "The system administrator has disabled your account." This happens with both my normal account and THE ROOT ACCOUNT! Is this recoverable and, if so, how? Thanks. __

Re: Can't login to X environment

2003-12-27 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Trey Sizemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm running 5.2 RC-1 on a P2-400 with 512MB RAM using XFree86 4.3 and > KDE 3.1.4 with KDM login manager. I'm having some difficultly > starting X and I'm not sure if it's KDM or maybe something as simple > as fonts. The way to cut down on the possibil

Can't login to X environment

2003-12-26 Thread Trey Sizemore
I'm running 5.2 RC-1 on a P2-400 with 512MB RAM using XFree86 4.3 and KDE 3.1.4 with KDM login manager. I'm having some difficultly starting X and I'm not sure if it's KDM or maybe something as simple as fonts. When using KDE or Gnome with KDM, when I try to logout, shutdown, or restart my mac

Re: can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-29 Thread Dave Banning
--- Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Thanks, Sunil for the steps, but I have tried that already. > > > > When I get to the # prompt in single user mode, I cannot use > > the passwd command. I get the error;; > > > > passwd: error opening database: /etc/pwd.db: Permission den

Re: can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-29 Thread Dave Banning
> Hmm.. Pretty long but only the last few screens are important. Problem's > kinda weird, > really. This is a *LAST DITCH EFFORT*, but try this. It may work. (Note: > this assumes > you've got system sources around). > > OK boot -s > # mkdir /var/oldpwd > # mv /etc/master.passwd /etc/passwd /etc/

Re: can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-29 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Thanks, Sunil for the steps, but I have tried that already. > > When I get to the # prompt in single user mode, I cannot use > the passwd command. I get the error;; > > passwd: error opening database: /etc/pwd.db: Permission denied > passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged > Sort of sounds

can't login

2003-08-29 Thread Ray Bagby
Greetings! I am unable to login as a user or as root. I had been using KDM but I decided to go back to using startx. I commented out the ttyv8 line in ttys then restarted. Now when the box starts I see: login: Aug 29 07:07:58 sleepy gdnc: 2003-08-29 12:07:58.490 gdnc[212] No local

Re: can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-29 Thread horio shoichi
On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 21:40:20 -0700 (PDT) Dave Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Sunil for the steps, but I have tried that already. > > When I get to the # prompt in single user mode, I cannot use > the passwd command. I get the error;; > > passwd: error opening database: /etc/pwd.db:

Re: can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-29 Thread Sunil Sunder Raj
Hi, If the problem still exists try get master.passwd from /var/backups run the command # pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd Regards SSR From: Dave Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sunil Sunder Raj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: can't login as anyone - not even a

Re: can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-29 Thread Dave Banning
Thanks, Sunil for the steps, but I have tried that already. When I get to the # prompt in single user mode, I cannot use the passwd command. I get the error;; passwd: error opening database: /etc/pwd.db: Permission denied passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged and permissions are as follows; #

Re: can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-29 Thread Sunil Sunder Raj
ode without a reboot. === From: Dave Banning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: can't login as anyone - not even as root! Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 09:20:47 -0700 (PDT) All of a sudden, I can't login, even as root. I tried to set the password of root to nil (becaus

RE: can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-29 Thread Charles Howse
> > >I didn't forget my password. I simply can't login. No one > can login. > > >Even when my root password is set to nil I can't login. > > > > Not even in single user mode? There is no login in single > user mode, > > you are r

RE: can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-28 Thread Charles Howse
> All of a sudden, I can't login, even as root. I tried to set the > password of root to nil (because I happened to be logged in as root at > the time) and that didn't work either. > > Then, thinking that the machine was acting up, I rebooted. > Now I am in >

Re: can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-28 Thread Joshua Oreman
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 09:20:47AM -0700 or thereabouts, Dave Banning wrote: > All of a sudden, I can't login, even as root. I tried to set the > password of root to nil (because I happened to be logged in as root at > the time) and that didn't work either. > > Then,

can't login as anyone - not even as root!

2003-08-28 Thread Dave Banning
All of a sudden, I can't login, even as root. I tried to set the password of root to nil (because I happened to be logged in as root at the time) and that didn't work either. Then, thinking that the machine was acting up, I rebooted. Now I am in deeper. I can't even access th

Re: Can't login as a regular using after upgrading to 4.7 release.

2002-11-08 Thread Paul A. Scott
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Can't login as a regular using after upgrading to 4.7 release.

2002-11-08 Thread Dom Lam
Has anyone ran into a problem upgrading from 4.5 to 4.7 where you cannot login as a regular user any more? I've ran cvsup than make build world than make kernel than make install world Upon reboot I couldn't login any more. Thanks, Dom To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubs

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread John Mills
Hi - On Mon, 21 Oct 2002, Bsd Neophyte wrote: > i was changing the login shell from sh to bash... but i entered the wrong > location. now, i cannot login to the system using that account, which is > the only accout that i can su to root from. I followed the thread a while and it may be a solved

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Juergen Unger
On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 03:55:00PM -0700, Mike Hogsett wrote: > Or perhaps the immutible flag set on /etc/passwd by default and have vipw > and adduser (un)set this automagically when used. not a good idea... it would be a pain to run such a system in security-level > 0. bye, -Juergen- To Uns

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Juergen Unger
"? > > no... i don't... > >> end of "Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login" from Bsd Neophyte ><< > if you're going to edit your passwd file and change shells or whatnot, > use the vipw command. if you specify an in

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Mike Hogsett
; --- "DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Do you have a passwd for "toor"? > > > > no... i don't... > >> end of "Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login" from Bsd

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Adam Weinberger
i don't... >> end of "Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login" from Bsd Neophyte << if you're going to edit your passwd file and change shells or whatnot, use the vipw command. if you specify an invalid shell, vipw will tell you. perhap

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Kent Stewart
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Bsd Neophyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: --- "DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Do you have a passwd for "toor"? KDK no... i don't... as for the -m option... i tried it but it doesn't work. -m Leave the environment unmodified

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Bsd Neophyte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > --- "DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you have a passwd for "toor"? > > > > KDK > > no... i don't... > > as for the -m option... > > i tried it but it doesn't work. > > -m Leave the environment unmodified

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Bsd Neophyte
--- Morten Grunnet Buhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have local access to the machine? if so cant you just log in as > root? Or have I misunderstood this question completely? no you have it right... this is an option, although i'd like to keep it a last option... disconnecing the machine an

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Bsd Neophyte
--- "DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you have a passwd for "toor"? > > KDK no... i don't... as for the -m option... i tried it but it doesn't work. -m Leave the environment unmodified. The invoked shell is your login shell, and no director

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Morten Grunnet Buhl
Bsd Neophyte ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > i was changing the login shell from sh to bash... but i entered the wrong > location. now, i cannot login to the system using that account, which is > the only accout that i can su to root from. > > does anyone know how i can resolve this issue w/o taking

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread DaleCo, S.P.---'the solutions people'
Do you have a passwd for "toor"? KDK - Original Message - From: "Robin Schilham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bsd Neophyte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 4:45 PM Subject: Re: made a mistake with bash

Re: made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Robin Schilham
Bsd Neophyte wrote: i was changing the login shell from sh to bash... but i entered the wrong location. now, i cannot login to the system using that account, which is the only accout that i can su to root from. If you have any other non-root account which you can use to login, perhaps you c

made a mistake with bash path... now i can't login

2002-10-21 Thread Bsd Neophyte
i was changing the login shell from sh to bash... but i entered the wrong location. now, i cannot login to the system using that account, which is the only accout that i can su to root from. does anyone know how i can resolve this issue w/o taking the system out of the garage, booting into singl