Or /var/log/secure depending on your distro. What login method are you utiizing? On 6/12/11, Srinivasa T N <seenutn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/11/2011 07:16 PM, terry white wrote: >> ... ciao: >> >> all of a sudden, i am only able to login as root. this is not something >> i was trying to accomplish, and at a loss in figuring out how i did. >> anyway. >> >> as a given, login as a valid user, with correct password, terminated >> immediately, with a new login prompt. invalid login attempts iterate >> until a new session initiated. >> >> ftp, and smtp allowed, telnet fails. >> >> i'm not seeing anything mentioned in the logs with regard to failed >> normal user login. i'm at a loss as to where i might start looking. >> >> any thoughts, suggestion would be much appreciated ... >> > > /var/log/message is your friend. > > Regards, > Seenu. > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Sent from my mobile device -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
