[CLUE-Tech] login process

[mike havlicek]

Thanks, I checked these things. The host just seems to
not allow any logins for mortals ... I just tried
setting up ssh keys for my mortal user and that
doesn't work either .... sigh .... I think I need a
tutorial on the whole login process so I can
troubleshoot :)

-Mike
--- Carl Schelin <co_bofh at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Mike,
> 
>    You might try running pwconv just to sync the
> passwd and shadow files.
> 
>    Short of that, I might suspect a possible
> break-in.
> Any outbound traffic on this box that's not right?
> Maybe someone with a RH9 distro can give you a byte
> count/md5 for login.
> 
>    My /etc/passwd is 644 and /etc/shadow is 400,
> /bin/login is 755 (Mandrake 9.1).
> 
>    What happened when you renamed your
> directory/created a new user? Is it limited to your
> user account? Can you successfully 
> 
> # su - [username]
> 
> ? How about /etc/nologin? Does it exist? Shell not
> in
> /etc/shells? Anything in syslog? Check
> /etc/pam.d/passwd or /etc/pam.d/sshd and ensure the
> libraries exist and are pathed correctly (kinda
> poking
> at the login, passwd and shadow man files for
> ideas).
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
> 
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