They looked to be fine, permissions, etc. I diff'd them to another identical machine, and they matched up. I thoroughly went through the logs, the PAM system, and nothing was out of the ordinary. First time in 17 years I've ever encountered this problem. But, I was able to recover all data and rebuilt the machine, so all is well. I chalk it up to a red hat bug. -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ben Kevan Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 7:46 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: RE: Help! Red hat doesn't recognize any usernames! Are you sure the /etc/pam .d/system-auth is fine On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:59:55 -0000, <labelles@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > Are you getting anything in your system logs? > > /var/log > > There may be some clues in those logs? Assuming you have a way to view > the logs. > > Good luck > > Steve > > Stephen L. LaBelle > Metropolitan State College of Denver > Senior System Administrator > Database Administration Team > Information Technology Infrastructure Services labelles@xxxxxxxx > 303-556-3644 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richardson, Joshua A." <Joshua.Richardson@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009 9:17 am > Subject: RE: Help! Red hat doesn't recognize any usernames! > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx>, > Rajiv.baxi@xxxxxxxxxxx > >> Are you still unable to login as root? Have you tried booting >> directlyinto single user mode? >> >> Joshua A. Richardson >> General Dynamics AIS >> Principal Systems Engineer >> Systems Administrator >> Office: 703-272-1761 >> Cell: 540-383-9093 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anne Moore >> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:51 AM >> To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'; Rajiv.baxi@xxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: RE: Help! Red hat doesn't recognize any usernames! >> >> Hi Rajiv, >> >> It's Red Hat Enterprise 4, and it's local Authentication. (No Ldap.) >> It's bizarre, really. >> >> After it crashed, it came up, but doesn't recognize any usernames at >> all. I did a repair, and looked at the /etc/passwd file and it was >> fine. It seems the system cannot read from the file. I checked >> permissions, reset them,on that and the shadow file, and still, the >> system cannot recognize logons. >> Is there a daemon that is used for this that may not be starting up? >> >> Thanks >> >> Anne >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] >> On Behalf Of Allen Chen >> Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 11:48 AM >> To: Rajiv.baxi@xxxxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list >> Subject: Re: Help! Red hat doesn't recognize any usernames! >> >> Rajiv.baxi@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> > Are you able to boot to a Redhat CD? >> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: "Anne Moore" <diabeticithink@xxxxxxxxx> >> > Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:49:05 >> > To: 'General Red Hat Linux discussion list'<redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> > Subject: Help! Red hat doesn't recognize any usernames! >> > >> > Hi All, >> > >> > My server crashed. Now when I boot it up, just about all >> > services/daemons that depend on any username, won't start >> because it >> > doesn't recognize the username. I can also no longer logon as >> root or >> > any other username because Red Hat doesn't recognize that the "user >> exists." >> > >> > Does anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot or fix this >> very odd >> >> > issue? My entire server is down because of it, which means 450 >> people >> > can not logon to my network. >> > >> > I've fixed the file system, and now it has no errors. The >> Haldaemon >> > won't start, nor the message bus, or atd, or many others. >> > >> > Thank you for your help! >> > >> > Anne >> > >> > >> which authentication do you use? local password or ldap server? >> what version of Redhat? >> >> Allen >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> -- >> redhat-list mailing list >> unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >> > -- If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't. -Fight Club -- 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
