--- Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz> wrote: > happens. You should also be able to inspect log > files -- login probably > left some traces there. Probably not the right list for this question. Still, I suspect that the authentication has accidentally been configured for something like ldap or NIS. Check up /etc/nsswitch.conf, and /etc/pam.d/system-auth (atleast on rh 9) - two possible culprits. ===== Regards, Kiran Kumar Immidi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/