on Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 12:27:18PM +1100, Rob Weir ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 02:28:26PM +1100, matt wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a Woody v3.0 with a 2.4.18 kernel. > > > > I can only login as root, if I try to login as anyone else it does not > > even ask for a password, it juts says 'Login incorrect'. > > > > Regardless of which username I enter it always says 'System bootup in > > progress - please wait' > > > > My Samba does not work, nor can I use Swat. > > > > There is something wrong with autentication. > > > > What can I do to trouble shoot this issue ? > > Whatd does 'ls /etc/nologin*' say? I had this problem once, and it > turned it out to be because of this. Removing them should fix it...
Moreso: if /etc/nologin exists, non-root users can't log in. Delete the file. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Integrity, we've heard of it: http://www.theregister.co.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]