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Re: AW: Cannot login to Debian Lenny



On Friday 17 October 2008 22:27:13 Torsten A. wrote:
> Thanks for your quick reply.
>
> I called in single user mode 'add user test' with the following output:
>
> Adding user ...
> Adding ...
> ...
> Copying files from '/etc/skel'
> Passwd: Permission denied
> Passwd: password unchanged
> Try again [y/N] n (yes: same again)
> Chfn: PAM authentification failed
> Adduser: '/usr/bin/chfn test' returned error code 1. Exiting.
>
> Here is /etc/pam.d/chfn:
> #
> # The PAM configuration file for the Shadow `chfn' service
> #
>
> # This allows root to change user infomation without being
> # prompted for a password
> auth		sufficient	pam_rootok.so
>
> # The standard Unix authentication modules, used with
> # NIS (man nsswitch) as well as normal /etc/passwd and
> # /etc/shadow entries.
> @include common-auth
> @include common-account
> @include common-session
>
>
>
> Just to complete it. The three files included:
>
>
>
> #
> # /etc/pam.d/common-account - authorization settings common to all services
> #
> # This file is included from other service-specific PAM config files,
> # and should contain a list of the authorization modules that define
> # the central access policy for use on the system.  The default is to
> # only deny service to users whose accounts are expired in /etc/shadow.
> #
> account	required	pam_unix.so
>
>
>
> #
> # /etc/pam.d/common-auth - authentication settings common to all services
> #
> # This file is included from other service-specific PAM config files,
> # and should contain a list of the authentication modules that define
> # the central authentication scheme for use on the system
> # (e.g., /etc/shadow, LDAP, Kerberos, etc.).  The default is to use the
> # traditional Unix authentication mechanisms.
> #
> #auth	required	pam_env.so
> auth	required	pam_unix.so nullok_secure
>
>
>
>
> #
> # /etc/pam.d/common-session - session-related modules common to all
> services #
> # This file is included from other service-specific PAM config files,
> # and should contain a list of modules that define tasks to be performed
> # at the start and end of sessions of *any* kind (both interactive and
> # non-interactive).  The default is pam_unix.
> #
> session	required	pam_unix.so
>
>
> Cheers,
> Torsten
>
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Thierry Chatelet [mailto:tchatelet@free.fr]
> > Gesendet: Freitag, 17. Oktober 2008 21:34
> > An: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Betreff: Re: Cannot login to Debian Lenny
> >
> > On Friday 17 October 2008 21:21:43 Torsten A. wrote:
> > > Hello everyone,
> > >
> > > I'm having trouble to login to my Debian Lenny, indepent whether I
> > > wan't
> >
> > to
> >

I mean:
adduser blabla
but not someone already registred as a user. Sorry not to have express myself 
correctly


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