Re: user login problem
--- Moritz Armingeon <mort@bug.ch> wrote:
> Hi mike
>
> On 13:24 Mon 24 Jan , gm c wrote:
> > I am using unstable. I cannot login as a user, can as root. I was
> > getting pam_start errors and I copied some files to /etc/pam.d
> that
> > had dpkg-dist at the end of their names. I dont get the errors
> any
> > more but the login for user fails. Dont know if it is a different
> > problem but I get a error message "no shell" when I from root su
> > <user>. I reinstalled every package that had pam in the name. I
> dont
> > know what else to try. Any ideas??
>
> No shell? Try to assigning one:
>
> # chsh -s /bin/bash username
>
> Of course you will have to change the user and maybe the shell.
> Else have a
> look at its manpage.
>
> I hope that is the problem...
>
> Moritz
>
Did not fix the problem.
I wanted to ad-- the above discription is while using a terminal in a
X window. If I boot without X and login as user I get error "unable
to cd to /home/mike".
If I cant fix I will have to reinstall again - like with windows..
thank you
mike
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