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. Check for a file /etc/nologin. If it exists, delete it. Igmar