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Re: this is an unsecure session



On Fri, Jun 16, 2000 at 10:37:18AM -0400, Roy John Little wrote:
> Dear list:
> I have just upgraded from Debian 2.1 to 2.2 by way of apt-get
> upgrade-dist, and all was upgraded successfully, as far as I could tell. 
> I decided to reinitiate the session.  The login prompt with the banner
> background appeared, with the disturbing difference that, instead of
> saying "Debian GNU/Linux" I got "This is an unsecure session," and I
> cannot login now as root or as anyone else.  I have booted from the rescue
> disk and mounted my previously installed partition but am at a loss as to
> what file to edit to recover my ability to login.

Is this a graphical or console login?

What happens if you switch to a different virtual console and try a
console login.  Usually 'alt' plus 'control' plus F1 - F6, eg:

    <alt><ctrl><F1>


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