On May 11 edj was heard saying:

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->> Generally this means your /etc/passwd file has been clobbered.
->> Yes, /tmp is supposed to have those permissions.  It lets anybody
->> create files, but only the owner (and root) can remove them.
->
->Thanks.  I checked /etc/passwd against a version from a backup, and 
->they're identical.  A result of all this is that no user can log in at 


*** Your problem could be with the shadow password file: Did you try 
pwconv to update the shadow file?

Cheers,
Zoran.
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