I have just installed RH Linux 7.1, but whenever I try to log in using any user other than root, my screen goes black for a few seconds, then comes back at the login screen as if I had done nothing. It only does this when I use a legitimate ID and password that I created. I created one user from the command line (groupadd oinstall; useradd -g oinstall oracle; passwd oracle), and another user using KDE's user GUI. My login shell is /bin/bash. Could this be a problem with the PAM? Any ideas you can give me on this are appreciated. Thanks, Victor Victor Teeter, CCNA, MCSE, MCP+I Engineering Technician / Sr. Analyst ESG Server System Test Ext: 3-5778, DP: 204-6810