RE: Cannot log into any account other than root
Try rerunning passwd as root for this particular username and
then try again. I had a similar problem and suspect I may have
something syntactically askew in my adduser statement.
Doing this solved my problem.
-George
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randolph S. Kahle [mailto:RandyKahle@KahleAssociates.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 8:34 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Cannot log into any account other than root
>
>
>
> When I installed Debian, I selected shadow password and MD5.
>
> I can "adduser" and the entries appear in the /etc/passwd
> and /etc/shadow files as I expect to see them.
>
> However, when I try to log in as that user, the system
> pauses (for a few seconds) after I enter the password
> and then tells me "Login incorrect".
>
> Can someone help me understand why I can log in as
> root and not as a user? Do I need to download PAM?
>
> Thanks -- Randy
>
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