Hi! check perms on /tmp for example chown -R root.root /tmp & chmod 777 /tmp choyaumeshu schrieb: > first time poster here - hello everyone > > > I started out with CentOS x86 5.3 with the following partitions on my > source hard drive: > /dev/hdc1 swap > /dev/hdc2 / > > > I did the following to migrate my CentOS box to the destination hard drive: > 1. boot up with CentOS 5.3 livecd in rescue mode > 2. partition destination hard drive (/dev/hdd) > /dev/hdd1 swap > /dev/hdd2 / > 3. create the filesystem on the destination hard drive > mke2fs -j /dev/hdd2 > mkswap /dev/hdd1 > 4. mount partitions and then copied files from /dev/hdc2 to /dev/hdd2 > mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt/aa > mount /dev/hdd2 /mnt/bb > cd /mnt/aa > tar --one-file-system -cf - . | tar -xpf - -C /mnt/bb > 5. modify /boot/grub/menu.lst on both /dev/hdc2 and /dev/hdd2 > 6. modify /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab > 7. umount partitions > 8. run grub > 9. reboot out of rescue mode > > > The original system still boots up fine and I am able to login. The new > system which is supposedly a copy of the original system seems to boot > up fine (everything had green OK), but I have problems at the login > prompt. If I login with incorrect password, I get a message telling me > that login is incorrect. If I try to login with the correct password, > the system seems to accept the password, but then prompts me again to > login, and it keeps doing this when I continually try to login. > > > additional info: > 1. can boot up system in single user mode > 2. sshd is up but can't ssh in even with correct password > here's the output (i modified the user name and the ip address) > ssh -l user1 ipaddress > user1@ipaddress's password: > /bin/bash: Permission denied > Connection to ipaddress closed. > > > I'm sorry if this has already been addressed in the forums/mailinglists, > but my attempted search didn't show me anything fruitful. Also, I'd > don't want to use dd, and I would prefer not to use partimage. Your help > will be appreciated and thanks for reading this far. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos