On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, chetana wrote: > hi, > i am facing problems in telnetting to a red hat linux6.2 machine. the > m/c does not allow any non-root users to login with their passwords. > non-root users can login only when the root password is given . also, > root user cannot directly login to the m/c thru telnet. any pointers to > this will be highly appreciated. root should never be allowed to telnet into a machine--this is a security feature. In fact, you should never use telnet. Use ssh (http://www.openssh.org). What's "m/c"? Your first problem description sounds like a PAM problem. How about some relevant /var/log/messages output and list of any changes you have done to the stock files in the /etc/pam.d directory? -AJ P.S. If you take time to write a proper email describing you problems in good detail (with log files, changes in the past, etc), and with proper grammar, you changes of someone helping you out will increase.
