try to run "authconfig" or run setup choose "authentication configuration" do next on first screen and on second screen select enable MS5 and Shadow password. regards IAK --- "V.V.Prasad" <vvprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. 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