On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 20:49 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 20:31 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > > > >>Craig White wrote: > >> > >>>On Tue, 2005-11-08 at 20:18 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Craig White wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>---- > >>>>>reassert the password... > >>>>> > >>>>>passwd freddy #assuming you change it back > >>>>> # re-enter password - watch out for caps lock key > >>>>> # perhaps try a different password to make sure > >>>>> # the hash changes in /etc/shadow > >>>>> > >>>>>Craig > >>>> > >>>>Yep. Same symptoms. I cannot use login to log in as freddy, a > >>>>newly created user. > >>> > >>>---- > >>>create another user...and try. > >>> > >>>did you ever manually edit /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow so perhaps there's > >>>a mismatch between them? > >> > >>Nope. I only used useradd, userdel, passwd, usermod, and the Gnome > >>tools. > >> > >>I just tried with another user name, and it fails the same exact > >>way. > > > > --- > > can you su ? > > > > su - freddy > > > > Craig > > Yep, no problem. > > In one window... > > > [root@Presario-1 root]# useradd freddy > [root@Presario-1 root]# passwd freddy > Changing password for user freddy. > New UNIX password: > Retype new UNIX password: > passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully. > [root@Presario-1 root]# > > > In another window... > > [jmccarty@Presario-1 jmccarty]$ su - freddy > Password: > [freddy@Presario-1 freddy]$ pwd > /home/freddy > [freddy@Presario-1 freddy]$ whoami > freddy > [freddy@Presario-1 freddy]$ > > The password I entered was, of course, freddy's. > > However, after exit back to myself, > > [jmccarty@Presario-1 jmccarty]$ login > login: freddy > Password: > Login incorrect > > > login: > > I used the same password that worked with su - ---- then clearly your issue isn't with /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow but is with 'login' command itself which I have never used and a quick perusal of 'man login' tells me that there are circumstances which may affect login ability. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
