IAK Tanoli,
Thanks. One part of the problem got solved. Now I am able to login as root as well as all users. I ran pwunconv. That moved the encrypted passwords to the passwd file and deleted the shadow file.
However, if I run pwconv again, I am back to square one.
I ran pwconv and that is how the system is at now.
But the question is do I need shadow? What am I getting with it?
prasad
At 01:28 AM 12/21/2004 -0800, IAK Tanoli wrote:
try booting in single user... change root password... run command "pwconv" to update the /etc/shadow file and "pwck" to check if there is any error in /etc/passwd file. Also after changing password try switching to nomral user by: # su - $username . If it can login then again by that normal users try # su - to login by root. It must ask root passwd give root passwd. If all went ok then "init 3" or "init 5" will be your choice.
--- "V.V.Prasad" <vvprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ben, > > Tx for the continued interest. > I am not able to login as any user also! I had not > tried it previously, > I did give the sync command. The passwd files & the > shadow files are ok. > > Prasad > > > > At 02:50 PM 12/20/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >Can you log in as a regular user, then su to root? > >/etc/securetty? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Ben Russo > >Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 2:50 PM > >To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: Re: Incorrect Login for root > > > > > >V.V.Prasad wrote: > > >>> When I try root login, I get Incorrect Login. > > >>> I enter through Lilo and Linux single mode and > change the root > > >>> password. However, when I exit single user and > try to login again as > > > > >>> root, I get the same result: Incorrect Login. > > > > > >Hmmm, when you set the password in Single User > Mode, did you run "sync" > >and gracefully restart the server? > >If not, then the change of the password might not > ever have made it to > >disk. > > > >One other thing you might try (just to make this > easier) > >When in Single-User-Mode, edit the /etc/sudoers > file and give one of the > >known-good-login users privs to run "sudo /bin/su > -" so that you don't > >have to reboot a gazillion times to find the > problem. > > > >-Ben. > > > >-- > >redhat-list mailing list > >unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > >-- > >redhat-list mailing list > >unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > =========================== > V.V. Prasad > Nomus Comm-Systems > Plot 9A, Commercial Complex, > Srinagar Colony, Hyderabad 500 073 > Tel: (91)-(40) 2374-4334, 2374-1720 > Fax: (91)-(40) 2374-4335 > www.nomus.co.in > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >
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