>> what does /sys/log/auth say? > > Nothing related to this event. I get a suspicious warning every day: > bob Oct 30 15:37:10 keyfs starting warnings: 47274196 471c6237 > > But I am not sure if this is related... > >> >> my really wild guess is that you changed the hostowner and didn't >> add him to /lib/ndb/auth. >> > My auth file looks like this: > > hostid=bootes > uid=!adm uid=*
perhaps auth/login is broken. it doesn't work on my system at all. my system isn't 100% up-to-date. i never have a need for auth/login, so i've never noticed. - erik