[CLUE-Tech] login problems

[Greg Knaddison]

What about disk usage?  What is the output of 

df -v


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 22:26:26 -0700 (PDT), mike havlicek
<mhavlicek1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> All file perms look ok
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Angelo Bertolli <angelo at freeshell.org> wrote:
> 
> > finger the user, and look at /etc/passwd
> >
> > Make sure you have a valid shell (/bin/bash) and
> > that your home
> > directory is readable and executable by that user.
> >
> > Angelo
> >
> > mike havlicek wrote:
> >
> > >This one is pretty strange. I have a box that I
> > have
> > >been testing that is running RH9 with updates as
> > far
> > >as up2date would take them. It had been running
> > "fine"
> > >for about 30 days and then all of a sudden I
> > couldn't
> > >log in as a "normal" user using ssh. I will call
> > the
> > >box in question target. From the box I am trying to
> > >login from I see:
> > >
> > >[havlicek at cartman havlicek]$ ssh target
> > >havlicek at target's password:
> > >Connection to target closed by remote host.
> > >Connection to target closed.
> > >[havlicek at cartman havlicek]$
> > >
> > >so it seems that target is taking the password and
> > >then logging me off immediately.
> > >
> > >On the target I see this in /var/log/messages :
> > >
> > >Oct 13 17:33:04 target sshd(pam_unix)[xxxxx]:
> > session
> > >opened for user havlicek by (uid=511)
> > >
> > >If I turn on telnet I get similar behavior. Also
> > >lastlog -u havlicek on target seems to indicate
> > that I
> > >did log in.
> > >
> > >If I try to login to the console as a normal user I
> > am
> > >prompted for the password and then the login prompt
> > >resets. On the other hand if I try to login as root
> > at
> > >the console it lets me in. I also tried allowing
> > root
> > >login with sshd and it will let me ssh in as root
> > ...
> > >
> > >I have also run sshd in debug mode and saved the
> > >output but it is pretty long.
> > >
> > >This has happened in the past and I have tried to
> > >login several times as a normal user at the console
> > >and it eventually results in losing any ability to
> > >login at the console.
> > >
> > >At this point I have a root login and am trying to
> > >figure out how to restore and hopefully resolve
> > this
> > >problem......
> > >
> > >-Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
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