Re: root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
On Lu, 06 oct 14, 10:23:28, John Aten wrote: > I booted up the broken system and attempted to get the device name > looking at /etc/fstab, mount and fdisk -l. I got a device name > (/dev/sda1) and a UUID. You should use 'fdisk -l' or 'blkid' only after you boot with your rescue disk/usb/whatever, because device names may change (as you found out). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
On Oct 5, 2014, at 8:10 PM, William Unruh wrote: > Log on as oot. the system does not care what the name is. All it cares > about is the uid (0) You could call uid 0 donduck and your system would > not care, as long as you used that name to log on. > Of course this does not mean you should leave it like that. It maybe > that some script uses the name root, instead of uid 0. I tried this, and got: sudo: unknown user: root sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin Sudo seems completely unusable by my regular user account, even though it has all privileges in the sudoers file. On Oct 5, 2014, at 8:06 PM, John Hasler wrote: > Ok, then you have to boot the CD and mount the disk. Then just edit the > file with a text editor. I have tried to do this, using instructions adapted from here: http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/root.htm (solution 2) and here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/mounting-hard-drive-on-ubuntu-live-cd-563007/ . I booted up the broken system and attempted to get the device name looking at /etc/fstab, mount and fdisk -l. I got a device name (/dev/sda1) and a UUID. I booted in from the usb again, and when I try to mount /dev/sda1, it says that the device is already mounted, because the live usb has named the root filesystem on the usb /dev/sda1. I looked at several web pages supposedly describing how to mount by UUID, but they all describe how to find the UUID and don't give specific instructions on how to formulate the mount command. I looked at the man page for mount, and my best guess was to type: sudo mount -U uuidnumber mountpoint This returns: mount: no such partition found I don't know what I am doing wrong. J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/9eb3f367-da82-40ab-8ccf-d00b23da4...@gmail.com
Re: root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
John Aten writes: > sudo: unknown user: root sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin Ok, then you have to boot the CD and mount the disk. Then just edit the file with a text editor. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87h9zixb0c@thumper.dhh.gt.org
Re: root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
On Oct 5, 2014, at 6:42 PM, John Hasler wrote: >> This brings up the /etc/passwd of the live system, not the broken >> /etc/passwd on the hard drive. > > Boot up the broken system. Log into your own account. > > sudo vipw > > Fix the root acount entry. I tried that, and it returns: sudo: unknown user: root sudo: unable to initialize policy plugin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/f2defb98-8a0d-4b79-bdab-d83979c71...@gmail.com
Re: root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
John Aten writes: > How do I get access to the installed /etc/passwd ? sudo vipw -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87ppe6xg9x@thumper.dhh.gt.org
root account inaccessible, was 'login problems on change of default shell'
On Oct 5, 2014, at 4:21 PM, Nemeth Gyorgy wrote: > 2014-10-05 19:42 keltezéssel, John Aten írta: > >> I just built bash 4.3.29 from source. I wanted to change my root and one >> user account to use it as the default shell. I ran sudo chsh and entered >> /usr/local/bin/bash, and everything was fine. I could log in and out, run >> commands, and the $SHELL and $BASH_VERSION environment variables confirmed >> the change. >> >> Things got hinky, though when I tried to change my regular, non-root user >> account. While logged in as my regular user, I entered chsh, but when I >> typed in the path, it says that I had entered an invalid shell. I tried sudo >> chsh, and the same. I was perplexed by this, as it seemed perfectly valid >> when I ran it as this user by typing the path into the command line of the >> previous default shell. Commands run normally, and $BASH_VERSION returns the >> right number. I tried to change my regular user's shell again and got the >> same error. I triple checked the path, and tried again, this time while >> logged in as root. It then returned: >> >> chsh: PAM: Authentication failure >> >> I logged in as root and changed the shell for my regular user account in >> /etc/passwd, but after this I couldn't log in to my regular user account at >> all. At first it gave me a 'login incorrect' error, but on repeated attempts >> it would give what looks like a 10 or 15 line message, but the screen clears >> so quickly I can't read it. I logged in as root and changed my regular >> user's default shell back to the previous /bin/bash, and now it works fine. >> >> Any thoughts? > > from man chsh: > "The only restriction placed on the login shell is that the command name > must be listed in /etc/shells, unless the invoker is the superuser, and > then any value may be added." > > So put /usr/local/bin/bash into /etc/shells > > Hope, this helps. I think this will work, but I have since gotten myself into real trouble. At some point in my editing of /etc/passwd, I unwittingly deleted the 'r' from the entry for root. My first user listed is now 'oot'. I now, of course, cannot do anything that relies on the root account. I tried logging in as 'oot' to change /etc/passwd, but the I get an 'incorrect login' error. I downloaded the live cd image and made a bootable usb stick, but I can only pull up the live system's /etc/passwd, not the file for the already installed system. I have poked around some and but it doesn't appear to see the HD at all. I tried rebooting from the hd and getting the device name with mount or fdisk -l, but when I tried to reboot with the usb and mount this device it couldn't find it. How do I get access to the installed /etc/passwd ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/f59e7fc0-58a9-4822-a563-2af9e0a45...@gmail.com
Re: login problems on change of default shell
2014-10-05 19:42 keltezéssel, John Aten írta: > I just built bash 4.3.29 from source. I wanted to change my root and one user > account to use it as the default shell. I ran sudo chsh and entered > /usr/local/bin/bash, and everything was fine. I could log in and out, run > commands, and the $SHELL and $BASH_VERSION environment variables confirmed > the change. > > Things got hinky, though when I tried to change my regular, non-root user > account. While logged in as my regular user, I entered chsh, but when I typed > in the path, it says that I had entered an invalid shell. I tried sudo chsh, > and the same. I was perplexed by this, as it seemed perfectly valid when I > ran it as this user by typing the path into the command line of the previous > default shell. Commands run normally, and $BASH_VERSION returns the right > number. I tried to change my regular user's shell again and got the same > error. I triple checked the path, and tried again, this time while logged in > as root. It then returned: > > chsh: PAM: Authentication failure > > I logged in as root and changed the shell for my regular user account in > /etc/passwd, but after this I couldn't log in to my regular user account at > all. At first it gave me a 'login incorrect' error, but on repeated attempts > it would give what looks like a 10 or 15 line message, but the screen clears > so quickly I can't read it. I logged in as root and changed my regular user's > default shell back to the previous /bin/bash, and now it works fine. > > Any thoughts? from man chsh: "The only restriction placed on the login shell is that the command name must be listed in /etc/shells, unless the invoker is the superuser, and then any value may be added." So put /usr/local/bin/bash into /etc/shells Hope, this helps. -- --- Friczy --- 'Death is not a bug, it's a feature' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5431b650.7030...@freemail.hu
login problems on change of default shell
Hi all, I just built bash 4.3.29 from source. I wanted to change my root and one user account to use it as the default shell. I ran sudo chsh and entered /usr/local/bin/bash, and everything was fine. I could log in and out, run commands, and the $SHELL and $BASH_VERSION environment variables confirmed the change. Things got hinky, though when I tried to change my regular, non-root user account. While logged in as my regular user, I entered chsh, but when I typed in the path, it says that I had entered an invalid shell. I tried sudo chsh, and the same. I was perplexed by this, as it seemed perfectly valid when I ran it as this user by typing the path into the command line of the previous default shell. Commands run normally, and $BASH_VERSION returns the right number. I tried to change my regular user's shell again and got the same error. I triple checked the path, and tried again, this time while logged in as root. It then returned: chsh: PAM: Authentication failure I logged in as root and changed the shell for my regular user account in /etc/passwd, but after this I couldn't log in to my regular user account at all. At first it gave me a 'login incorrect' error, but on repeated attempts it would give what looks like a 10 or 15 line message, but the screen clears so quickly I can't read it. I logged in as root and changed my regular user's default shell back to the previous /bin/bash, and now it works fine. Any thoughts? J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/a1d0baad-a8ba-46df-9587-db08c4122...@gmail.com
login problems on change of default shell
Hi all, I just built bash 4.3.29 from source. I wanted to change my root and one user account to use it as the default shell. I ran sudo chsh and entered /usr/local/bin/bash, and everything was fine. I could log in and out, run commands, and the $SHELL and $BASH_VERSION environment variables confirmed the change. Things got hinky, though when I tried to change my regular, non-root user account. While logged in as my regular user, I entered chsh, but when I typed in the path, it says that I had entered an invalid shell. I tried sudo chsh, and the same. I was perplexed by this, as it seemed perfectly valid when I ran it as this user by typing the path into the command line of the previous default shell. Commands run normally, and $BASH_VERSION returns the right number. I tried to change my regular user's shell again and got the same error. I triple checked the path, and tried again, this time while logged in as root. It then returned: chsh: PAM: Authentication failure I logged in as root and changed the shell for my regular user account in /etc/passwd, but after this I couldn't log in to my regular user account at all. At first it gave me a 'login incorrect' error, but on repeated attempts it would give what looks like a 10 or 15 line message, but the screen clears so quickly I can't read it. I logged in as root and changed my regular user's default shell back to the previous /bin/bash, and now it works fine. Any thoughts? J -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/35748f17-f4a3-43f6-992b-b9bfaf12a...@gmail.com
Re: login problems after permission change: unable to cd to home
May be it's worth it to post here those permissions?
Btw, don't forget that to access a file you need an 'x' flag set on
all directories in the path to that file including the '/' directory.
You also need an 'x' permission on a directory to be able to do chdir
to those directory (and also an 'x' on all directories in the path).
Alexey
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 3:42 PM, wrote:
> Problems started yesterday. I think when changing permission on root dir.
> Debian Etch
>
> Root login is no problem. I checked the permission of /etc / /root and set
> them right according to a debian with same version.
>
> Strace of login koenl says where all goes wrong:
>
> 3234 fchown32(0, 1008, 5) = 0
> 3234 fchmod(0, 0600) = 0
> 3234 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> 3234 clone(child_stack=0,
> flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
> child_tidptr=0xb7dd7708) = 3235
> 3234 wait4(-1,
> 3235 getppid() = 3234
> 3235 setuid32(1008) = 0
> 3235 chdir("/data/home/koenl") = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> 3235 chdir("/") = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> 3235 write(2, "Unable to cd to \'/data/home/koenl\'\n", 35) = 35
> 3235 time([1263977226]) = 1263977226
> 3235 stat64("/etc/localtime", 0xbf89dae8) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> 3235 open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> 3235 open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> 3235 open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> 3235 send(5, "<84>Jan 20 09:47:06 login[3235]: unable to cd to
> `/data/home/koenl\' for user `koenl\'\n", 85, MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 85
> 3235 close(5) = 0
> 3235 munmap(0xb7f4b000, 4096) = 0
> 3235 exit_group(1) = ?
> 3234 <... wait4 resumed> NULL, 0, NULL) = 3235
> 3234 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
>
>
> Any idea what to correct? Because of this samba fileserver and bind9 also
> have problems. Any way to create rescue disk from other debian? i could
> access that system with rsync from this one.
>
> Koen
>
>
>
>
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login problems after permission change: unable to cd to home
Problems started yesterday. I think when changing permission on root dir.
Debian Etch
Root login is no problem. I checked the permission of /etc / /root and set
them right according to a debian with same version.
Strace of login koenl says where all goes wrong:
3234 fchown32(0, 1008, 5) = 0
3234 fchmod(0, 0600) = 0
3234 rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
3234 clone(child_stack=0,
flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
child_tidptr=0xb7dd7708) = 3235
3234 wait4(-1,
3235 getppid() = 3234
3235 setuid32(1008)= 0
3235 chdir("/data/home/koenl") = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
3235 chdir("/")= -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
3235 write(2, "Unable to cd to \'/data/home/koenl\'\n", 35) = 35
3235 time([1263977226])= 1263977226
3235 stat64("/etc/localtime", 0xbf89dae8) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
3235 open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
3235 open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
3235 open("/etc/localtime", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
3235 send(5, "<84>Jan 20 09:47:06 login[3235]: unable to cd to
`/data/home/koenl\' for user `koenl\'\n", 85, MSG_NOSIGNAL) = 85
3235 close(5) = 0
3235 munmap(0xb7f4b000, 4096) = 0
3235 exit_group(1) = ?
3234 <... wait4 resumed> NULL, 0, NULL) = 3235
3234 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
Any idea what to correct? Because of this samba fileserver and bind9 also
have problems. Any way to create rescue disk from other debian? i could
access that system with rsync from this one.
Koen
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Re: New Dell netbook Ubuntu,Debian,login problems-part 2.
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 11:27:28AM -0700, luis_a_mace...@yahoo.com wrote: > > Thanks to all who promptly have responded to my first question.Now I have a > more effective knowledge about some of the differences between the two worlds > in terms of power accounts,but I now see that my problem is: > I do not know what is my Ubuntu user password,it do not come with the netbook > package(I purchased the netbook with a great discount price possibly from a > returned buy from another person,I do not see any card or so with login > information).When I turn on the netbook I get automatically into the d1ell > account of which I do not know the password.Anyway,this user name d1ell seems > pretty standard to me,so are there probably any standard password?I tried > dell but it do not work.Have anyone experienced something similar buying a > new laptop? I recommend booting into single-user mode and changing the root password. http://aplawrence.com/Linux/lostlinuxpassword.html Once you have established the root password, su to root then add a new user account for yourself. After you have your account made run 'visudo' as root and add yourself to the sudoers file. See the man page for better reference but you could add something like the following to the file. # User privilege specification rootALL=(ALL) ALL luisALL=(ALL) ALL Once you have yourself added to the sudoers file you can then select a random password for root in the User and Group option in System>Administration>Users and Groups. Log out and log back in as luis (or whatever you created) and you should be all set. Something else you may want to try is simply sudo su to see if you become root as you would in either knoppix or dsl. -- Daryl Styrk Naples FL, USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
New Dell netbook Ubuntu,Debian,login problems-part 2.
Thanks to all who promptly have responded to my first question.Now I have a more effective knowledge about some of the differences between the two worlds in terms of power accounts,but I now see that my problem is: I do not know what is my Ubuntu user password,it do not come with the netbook package(I purchased the netbook with a great discount price possibly from a returned buy from another person,I do not see any card or so with login information).When I turn on the netbook I get automatically into the d1ell account of which I do not know the password.Anyway,this user name d1ell seems pretty standard to me,so are there probably any standard password?I tried dell but it do not work.Have anyone experienced something similar buying a new laptop? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Re: Reiserfs corruption and KDM login problems
> > Is there a quick fix I can do to get her into her email for today? > > Use mutt. Actually, it is even easier - I also have Gnome but never use it - she can log into a Gnome session and use Icedove with no problems. > As a temp fix I suppose you could move her data but if the reiserfs on > which home is built is partially corrupt then you're building a brick > wall on a house of cards. > > If you have a spare partition or drive, make one with JFS and copy the > data to that. Certainly - I plan to pick up another drive (or two) today and move everything away from the troubled filesystem while I still can. Thanks. -- David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Reiserfs corruption and KDM login problems
On Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 08:51:55AM -0500, David Bruce wrote: > I have a problem with my Sid system after an unplanned reboot due to a power > outage. The reiserfsck fails to fix my /home (I have an LVM/raid1 setup) and > says I need to do it manually using reiserfsck --rebuild-tree, which also > fails, saying I need to use reiserfs --rebuild-sb, which also fails. I > think I may need to migrate my /home to ext3 or something. There was a thread not that long ago about this very issue. I have unreliable power without UPS. I migrated from ext3 due to power-failure induced corruption and I moved from reiserfs to JFS for the same reason. I have had absolutly no problems with JFS. On the other hand, Sid is by definition unstable. Perhaps there's a bug in your version of reiserfsck. Search the archives for entries containing both reiserfs and jfs; it may prove usefull. > > Anyway, after resuming the boot sequence, the system seems to come up > normally > and I can log in without problems. However, my wife's login is hosed. KDM > displays a dialog saying: > > " Could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation" > > It seems her ~/.kde directory has problems with corrupted file permissions. > > debian:/home/janis/.kde# ls -l > total 0 > ?- ? ? ? ?? Autostart > ?- ? ? ? ?? cache-debian > ?- ? ? ? ?? share > ?- ? ? ? ?? socket-debian > ?- ? ? ? ?? tmp-debian > > Is there a quick fix I can do to get her into her email for today? Use mutt. >I tried copying my own .kde into her home and changing the ownership, >but KDM locked up when I tried to log in as her. Maybe I should create >a new user account for her and manually move data from her home dir? >Any suggestions would be appreciated. > I hope you have good backups. If you don't make one with the data you have now. As a temp fix I suppose you could move her data but if the reiserfs on which home is built is partially corrupt then you're building a brick wall on a house of cards. If you have a spare partition or drive, make one with JFS and copy the data to that. Good luck. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reiserfs corruption and KDM login problems
I have a problem with my Sid system after an unplanned reboot due to a power outage. The reiserfsck fails to fix my /home (I have an LVM/raid1 setup) and says I need to do it manually using reiserfsck --rebuild-tree, which also fails, saying I need to use reiserfs --rebuild-sb, which also fails. I think I may need to migrate my /home to ext3 or something. Anyway, after resuming the boot sequence, the system seems to come up normally and I can log in without problems. However, my wife's login is hosed. KDM displays a dialog saying: " Could not start kstartupconfig. Check your installation" It seems her ~/.kde directory has problems with corrupted file permissions. debian:/home/janis/.kde# ls -l total 0 ?- ? ? ? ?? Autostart ?- ? ? ? ?? cache-debian ?- ? ? ? ?? share ?- ? ? ? ?? socket-debian ?- ? ? ? ?? tmp-debian Is there a quick fix I can do to get her into her email for today? I tried copying my own .kde into her home and changing the ownership, but KDM locked up when I tried to log in as her. Maybe I should create a new user account for her and manually move data from her home dir? Any suggestions would be appreciated. David Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: exim/courier-imap login problems
I am using courier-imap with the following settings and it works perfectly. Do you get any error messages while trying to connect to imapd ? to set up an account i simply add a standard linux user and run maildirmake ~account/Maildir and after that it's possible for the user to login to the imap server with his linux login/pw. I am using Exim as MTA. /Jonas /etc/courier/authdaemonrc authmodulelist="authpam" authmodulelistorig="authcustom authcram authuserdb authldap authmysql authpam" daemons=5 version="" authdaemonvar=/var/run/courier/authdaemon /etc/courier/imapd ADDRESS=0 PORT=143 MAXDAEMONS=40 MAXPERIP=4 PIDFILE=/var/run/courier/imapd.pid TCPDOPTS="-nodnslookup -noidentlookup" AUTHMODULES="authdaemon" AUTHMODULES_ORIG="authdaemon" IMAP_CAPABILITY="IMAP4rev1 CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT" IMAP_CAPABILITY_ORIG="IMAP4rev1 CHILDREN NAMESPACE THREAD=ORDEREDSUBJECT THREAD=REFERENCES SORT AUTH=CRAM -MD5 AUTH=CRAM-SHA1 IDLE"IMAP_IDLE_TIMEOUT=60 IMAP_CAPABILITY_TLS="$IMAP_CAPABILITY AUTH=PLAIN" IMAP_DISABLETHREADSORT=0IMAP_DISABLETHREADSORT=0 IMAP_IDLE_TIMEOUT=60IMAP_CHECK_ALL_FOLDERS=0 IMAP_OBSOLETE_CLIENT=0IMAP_OBSOLETE_CLIENT=0 IMAP_ULIMITD=65536IMAP_ULIMITD=65536 IMAP_USELOCKS=0IMAP_USELOCKS=0 IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7 IMAP_MOVE_EXPUNGE_TO_TRASH=0 IMAPDSTART=YESIMAPDSTART=YES IMAP_EMPTYTRASH=Trash:7 -Original Message- From: Brendan J Simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: den 24 september 2002 07:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: exim/courier-imap login problems I'm currently running exim MTA for a small group. Most are using POP cleints but I prefer to use IMAP. I would also like to use IMAP with SSL/TLS support. I have been running the package called "imap" and it has been working fine except that it takes up 70MB of memory. I'm not sure whiy but maybe it's got something to do with Exim storing files in MBOX format ??? My inbox (/var/mail/bjsimon) is 14MB. From reading some of the posts on this list, I think I can configure Exim to use maildir format. Does anyone know if this will reduce the memory used for imapd ? Will my exisiting mail still be available ? If so, do I have to do anything special ? From the debian package information and courier docs, it seems that courier is quite big and well thoguht out. Can anyone shed some light on how it compares with Exim as an MTA ? Is it better, faster, more scaleable than Exim. What are the pros and cons (briefly). I tried the courier-imap and courier-imap-ssl packages but could not get any of them to work. My mail client couldn't login. I believe I am using the PAM authentication module so I shouldn't need the /etc/userdb file, right ?? It should just work using the standard user logins right ??? Thanks for any help (ps, I'm using Debian 3.0 on PowerPC and Intel systems) Kind regards, Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
exim/courier-imap login problems
I'm currently running exim MTA for a small group. Most are using POP cleints but I prefer to use IMAP. I would also like to use IMAP with SSL/TLS support. I have been running the package called "imap" and it has been working fine except that it takes up 70MB of memory. I'm not sure whiy but maybe it's got something to do with Exim storing files in MBOX format ??? My inbox (/var/mail/bjsimon) is 14MB. From reading some of the posts on this list, I think I can configure Exim to use maildir format. Does anyone know if this will reduce the memory used for imapd ? Will my exisiting mail still be available ? If so, do I have to do anything special ? From the debian package information and courier docs, it seems that courier is quite big and well thoguht out. Can anyone shed some light on how it compares with Exim as an MTA ? Is it better, faster, more scaleable than Exim. What are the pros and cons (briefly). I tried the courier-imap and courier-imap-ssl packages but could not get any of them to work. My mail client couldn't login. I believe I am using the PAM authentication module so I shouldn't need the /etc/userdb file, right ?? It should just work using the standard user logins right ??? Thanks for any help (ps, I'm using Debian 3.0 on PowerPC and Intel systems) Kind regards, Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
KDE Login problems
Hey all, I have two machines running Debian (woody - testing) and both are seemingly up-to-date. One was installed by me, the other by my co-worker. They both have kdm as the desktop (or is it display?) manager and kde installed. On his machine however, when attempting to log into an X session using KDE, it gets to the "Initializing peripherals . . ." portion of th KDE startup and then it seems that the Xserver spontaneously restarts and I am back at the login prompt. I can't find any core dumps nor do the messages in /var/log/XFree86.0.log or ~/.xsession.errors seem to point to anything specific. (Contents of both files pasted below - sorry if it is too long.) GNOME over kdm seems to work. I have searched the archives and have seen suggestions that the /etc/X11/Xsession.d/99xfree96-common_start should have line that looks like "exec $REALSTARTUP" which mine does (no quotes in the actual file ;-) I have done the following: - removed ALL KDE/KDM related components using 'apt-get remove'. - used 'dpkg --purge' on all packages that were uninstalled - reinstalled kdm using 'apt-get install kdm' - reinstalled kdebase At this point I can log in w/ KDE. - I then ran 'apt-get install konsole' that installed both 'konsole' and it's dependency 'kdebase-libs'. Things stopped working again. - I then uninstalled 'konsole' and still nothing. - I uninstalled 'kdebase-libs', it works again. The version I am using for the kdebase and kdebase-libs packages is 2.2.1.0-6 on both machines. Anyone know what other components/applications would cause conflicts/problems with kdebase-libs? Thanks, Jeff // from .xsession.errors xsession-errors: unmodified: line 1ICE-unix should be set to root DCOPServer up and running. kdeinit: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit: sending SIGHUP to children. KLauncher: Exiting on signal 1 kdeinit: sending SIGTERM to children. kdeinit: Exit. //End .xsession.errors //From /var/log/XFree86.0.log This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions, please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository (http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs) XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510) Release Date: xx August 2001 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.13 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue Dec 4 13:42:12 2001 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" (**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104" (**) XKB: model: "pc104" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" (WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (++) using VT number 7 (WW) Cannot open APM (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.4 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.2 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,71a2 card , rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 1014,002e card , rev 04 class
Re: root login problems
jerry wrote: after upgrading from progeny to woody over the last few days, I am unable to log into the computer as root user, fails as auth failure, I can login as regular user and then SU to root, the password is accepted and I am root with all priveledges. I have run passwd root and entered the new password with the verification being accepted, so I think that's not the problem, but I don't know. I am looking for some place to start troubleshooting Thank you Jerry If you are trying to login as root through gdm , look at the /etc/gdm/gdm.conf file. Root login is disallowed for security reasons. Also the same for xdm and kdm, I think. Can you login as root using one of the virtual terminals? -- Jerome
Re: root login problems
You could have a look at the /etc/securetty file. The file contains the list of the tty's root is allowed to use to login directly. $ man securetty could be helpful. Robert Walker. On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, jerry wrote: > after upgrading from progeny to woody over the last few days, I am > unable to log into the computer as root user, fails as auth failure, I > can login as regular user and then SU to root, the password is accepted > and I am root with all priveledges. I have run passwd root and entered > the new password with the verification being accepted, so I think that's > not the problem, but I don't know. I am looking for some place to start > troubleshooting > Thank you > Jerry > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
root login problems
after upgrading from progeny to woody over the last few days, I am unable to log into the computer as root user, fails as auth failure, I can login as regular user and then SU to root, the password is accepted and I am root with all priveledges. I have run passwd root and entered the new password with the verification being accepted, so I think that's not the problem, but I don't know. I am looking for some place to start troubleshooting Thank you Jerry
Re: xdm & login problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi, When xdm exits straight back to the login prompt again, it usually indicate a problem with the configuration scripts and/or your window manager. One rough fumble-blindly solution would be to reinstall xdm and your window manager (perhaps with a purge'd remove first) and you'll likely get back to a working state. Not ideal. Other things to check for (I'm not the xdm package manager obviously, to YMMV): - check the permission of the files run by xdm, especially those in your home director: eg. .xinitrc, .xsession (either/both) - check the .xinit.err file (if any) - make sure you can run your wm (eg. just run "fvwm" from the command line and you should get "unable to open display" and no some link error) On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 01:01:52AM -0700, Debian GNU wrote: > > Andy Saxena writes: [...] > > X servers is > > initialised (it seems like that) and the > > login/password screen > > reappears :( > > > > AUDIT: Tue Jul 31 10:28:47 2001: 2324 X: client 3 > > rejected from local host > >Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 > > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > > xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' > > (--) SVGA: Read OPTION 0x40079121 > > xdm error (pid 2371): fatal IO error 32 (Broken > > pipe) This specific error say that the X client library (Xlib) wasn't able to connect to the server. This shouldn't happen with xdm as it should set up the .Xauthority file for you (the Xstartup script). You could perhaps remove the ~/.Xauthority file and restart xdm (ie. ctrl-alt-backspace): perhaps the file can't be written to. (??) The fact the xmodmap is also running (and failing) says that your start-up script is probably okay. Hope some of the above leads you to a solution, James. PGP Key: http://www.mds.rmit.edu.au/~james/plan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQBVAwUBO2e7XSX8mcqArqQRAQFUfwH+O8gbHJRdLPVzmOFXOwj3R1KUi2RmdHeg 220KrV28G81NBXt1RRTT7uLBmc27sT2/wvrMKX8oSYnVB9ycLZ6ZpA== =u/fB -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: xdm & login problems
Hi I also got the same error when I uninstalled xdm, and re-installed it later. I couldn't find any solution till now and I am also interested in a solution. I installed gdm as a substitute for temporary operation. Rds, Deb --- Pedro Quaresma de Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy Saxena writes: > > On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de > Almeida wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > my xdm setup is broken... :( > > > > > > When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing > the login-screen but > > > when I try to login it fails returning to the > xdm login-screen. > > > > > > Whats the problem? > > > > > > Can you help me? Thank you. > > > > You need to provide more details. When you say > "it fails" exactly what > > happens? Does the login screen reappear after > disappearing for a second? Or > > do you get another message? > > > > -Andy > > > > Trying to provide more info. > > i) xdm starts and show the login/password screen :) > > ii) I provide my username and password :) > > iii) the login/password screen disappears :) > > iv) the user's X session does not begin, instead the > X servers is > initialised (it seems like that) and the > login/password screen > reappears :( > > I am trying to look in the /etc/X11/xdm/ files for > something wrong but > without any luck... > > The end of the file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-errors looks > like this > > AUDIT: Tue Jul 31 10:28:47 2001: 2324 X: client 3 > rejected from local host >Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server > xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' > (--) SVGA: Read OPTION 0x40079121 > xdm error (pid 2371): fatal IO error 32 (Broken > pipe) > > Thanks. > > -- > > Pedro Quaresma de Almeida > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
Fwd: Re: xdm & login problems
>Andy Saxena writes: > On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > > Hi > > > > my xdm setup is broken... :( > > > > When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but > > when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. > > > > Whats the problem? > > > > Can you help me? Thank you. > > You need to provide more details. When you say "it fails" exactly what > happens? Does the login screen reappear after disappearing for a > second? Or > do you get another message? > > -Andy Pedro said: Thank you for your answer. Trying to provide more info. i) xdm starts and show the login/password screen :) ii) I provide my username and password :) iii) the login/password screen disappears :) iv) the user's X session does not begin, instead the X servers is initialised (it seems like that) and the login/password screen reappears :( I am trying to look in the /etc/X11/xdm/ files for something wrong but without any luck... The end of the file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-errors looks like this AUDIT: Tue Jul 31 10:28:47 2001: 2324 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' (--) SVGA: Read OPTION 0x40079121 xdm error (pid 2371): fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) Thanks. -- At\'e breve Pedro Quaresma Departamento de Matem\'atica Faculdade de Ci\^encias e Tecnologia Universidade de Coimbra P-3000 COIMBRA, PORTUGAL e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] url: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~pedro/ phone: 351+ 239 791 181 ---
Re: xdm & login problems
Andy Saxena writes: > On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > > Hi > > > > my xdm setup is broken... :( > > > > When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but > > when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. > > > > Whats the problem? > > > > Can you help me? Thank you. > > You need to provide more details. When you say "it fails" exactly what > happens? Does the login screen reappear after disappearing for a second? Or > do you get another message? > > -Andy > Trying to provide more info. i) xdm starts and show the login/password screen :) ii) I provide my username and password :) iii) the login/password screen disappears :) iv) the user's X session does not begin, instead the X servers is initialised (it seems like that) and the login/password screen reappears :( I am trying to look in the /etc/X11/xdm/ files for something wrong but without any luck... The end of the file /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-errors looks like this AUDIT: Tue Jul 31 10:28:47 2001: 2324 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' (--) SVGA: Read OPTION 0x40079121 xdm error (pid 2371): fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) Thanks. -- Pedro Quaresma de Almeida e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: xdm & login problems
On Monday July 30 2001 14:46, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote: > Hi > > my xdm setup is broken... :( > > When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but > when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. > > Whats the problem? > > Can you help me? Thank you. You need to provide more details. When you say "it fails" exactly what happens? Does the login screen reappear after disappearing for a second? Or do you get another message? -Andy
xdm & login problems
Hi my xdm setup is broken... :( When I try to run xdm, it starts nicely showing the login-screen but when I try to login it fails returning to the xdm login-screen. Whats the problem? Can you help me? Thank you. -- Pedro Quaresma de Almeida e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nis login problems
On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 11:34:25AM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > The RedHat server is also running shadow password which I know can cause > trouble for NIS. Seems like you already said it to me. I'm no NIS expert, but I'd double-check the maps that it's pushing out to the client. Make sure that the shadow passwords aren't pushing something stupid for the password, like ! or *. Anything in the relevant log files? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier, TD12, SKY Tel: 613-765-4699 (ESN: 39-54699) Optical Networks, Nortel Networks, SDE Pegasus "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly overhead." -- RFC 1925 Nortel Linux User's Group Ottawa: (internal) http://nlug.ca.nortel.com
Re: nis login problems
Andrew D Dixon wrote: > The problem is that when I try to login with the username andrew.dixon > on my Debian box the login fails. It does fail differently then if > I just give it a garbage login so I do believe that it is accessing the > maps in some way. did you follow the directions noted when you installed the nis package? i.e. you have to have something like +::: in /etc/passwd and +::: in /etc/group (that may not be the right number of colons, check the docs) for nis logins to work.. i use it on one debian 2.2 machine at work(client) and the NIS server is a solaris machine, works great, i think the only thing that doesn't work is changing the password from the client(although i haven't tried it in months), since nobody but the IT staff can login to it though its not an issue. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nis login problems
Just figured out that this does actually work. The problem is that I had gdm running on the Linux box and the RedHat server logs you into runlevel 3. I'll start to look into gdm to tell it to deal with NIS but has anyone come across this problem before? thanks, Andy Andrew D Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to implement NIS and I'm stuck. > > I've set up the server on our RedHat machine and the client on my Debian > box. > > When I run ypcat I get the following: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ypcat passwd > andrew.dixon:$1$h7CPc4pd$WilaTSJaZOPgHfvhqwVnJ.:11424:11424::/home/andrew.dixon:/bin/bash > > ming.gao:$1$eYE/v93N$X8a4bjprJCPYvI6/efDGB/:11423:11423::/home/ming.gao:/bin/bash > > mike.wilson:$1$KXvcabWc$SHuCdrhC00VP4yAbTzYW..:11422:11422::/home/mike.wilson:/bin/bash > > brad.kemp:$1$aSXA.ncX$93r3dg1PQ9azJtady8iAq/:502:502::/home/brad.kemp:/bin/bash > > and when I run $ypmatch andrew.dixon passwd: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ypmatch andrew.dixon passwd > andrew.dixon:$1$h7CPc4pd$WilaTSJaZOPgHfvhqwVnJ.:11424:11424::/home/andrew.dixon:/bin/bash > > The problem is that when I try to login with the username andrew.dixon > on my Debian box the login fails. It does fail differently then if > I just give it a garbage login so I do believe that it is accessing the > maps in some way. > > The RedHat server is also running shadow password which I know can cause > trouble for NIS. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Andy > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
nis login problems
Hi All, I'm trying to implement NIS and I'm stuck. I've set up the server on our RedHat machine and the client on my Debian box. When I run ypcat I get the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ypcat passwd andrew.dixon:$1$h7CPc4pd$WilaTSJaZOPgHfvhqwVnJ.:11424:11424::/home/andrew.dixon:/bin/bash ming.gao:$1$eYE/v93N$X8a4bjprJCPYvI6/efDGB/:11423:11423::/home/ming.gao:/bin/bash mike.wilson:$1$KXvcabWc$SHuCdrhC00VP4yAbTzYW..:11422:11422::/home/mike.wilson:/bin/bash brad.kemp:$1$aSXA.ncX$93r3dg1PQ9azJtady8iAq/:502:502::/home/brad.kemp:/bin/bash and when I run $ypmatch andrew.dixon passwd: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ypmatch andrew.dixon passwd andrew.dixon:$1$h7CPc4pd$WilaTSJaZOPgHfvhqwVnJ.:11424:11424::/home/andrew.dixon:/bin/bash The problem is that when I try to login with the username andrew.dixon on my Debian box the login fails. It does fail differently then if I just give it a garbage login so I do believe that it is accessing the maps in some way. The RedHat server is also running shadow password which I know can cause trouble for NIS. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Andy
Re: Login-Problems
Marcel Frehner wrote: > > Since I accidentally switched off my computer simly using the power-button > instead of "shutdown -h now", I can't log in anymore as user to fvwm2. It > still works if I log in as root. I tried to add a new user but I had the same > problem with logging in again. The problem only arises with fvwm2 everything > is > alright when I'm logging in without any gui. What can I do? > > Thanks to anybody helping me! first thing i'd try is to reinstall fvwm2 apt-get remove fvwm2 ; dpkg --purge fvwm2 ; apt-get clean ; apt-get update ; apt-get install fvwm2 to be sure its the latest & greatest. and/or run X via 'startx'(not by a display manager) and check the errors: startx >&/tmp/X.log and check X.log to see what is wrong nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Login-Problems
Since I accidentally switched off my computer simly using the power-button instead of "shutdown -h now", I can't log in anymore as user to fvwm2. It still works if I log in as root. I tried to add a new user but I had the same problem with logging in again. The problem only arises with fvwm2 everything is alright when I'm logging in without any gui. What can I do? Thanks to anybody helping me! -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net
"You don't exist, go away!" login problems (was Re: This is too strange.)
Use a descriptive subject line. Note change. on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 12:03:11AM +1100, Bill Shui ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > I have been running Debian Testing for the last few days. > > Just a few minutes ago, I have noticed that I could no longer log > in as any user. > That is, I cannot even log in as root from the console. The system > was not connected to the net. > > Luckily, I have one root shell opened, so I could still do > things like apt-get get. > > but I can't do su or sudo ,etc. it always returned me error > message: > > You don't exist, go away! > > I have checked my /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. > they are in the right format. Search the error message in Google or Deja. You've probably got a UID problem, and I'd suspect password/shadow file problems, despite your statement. How did you validate these files? Anyone know of validator tools for these file formats? Do you have backup copies of either (system backups, or the local '~' backups. -- Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org pgpioffftbIJ2.pgp Description: PGP signature
xdm login problems
Hello all: A strange problem with xdm. The setup is this: a NIS server we'll cleverly call server, and a NIS client we'll cleverly call client. xdm works with no problems on server. Console logins on client work fine. However if I start xdm and then try to log in on client the following happen: when attempting to log in as a regular user the screen accepts the correct password, goes blank and clicks for a second, then goes back to the xdm login prompt. Deliberately (or indeliberately) entering an incorrect password results in the usual incorrect login message. When attempting to log in as root on client using the client root password, xdm gives the incorrect login message. When attempting to log in as root on client using server's root password the screen goes blank and clicks for a second, then goes back to the xdm login prompt. Logging in on the console then typing startx starts X on the client fine, so I don't think it's a problem analogous to trying to log in with no shell. The following lines are from the xdm.log file: AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:27 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb: Can't open display ':0' AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:27 2000: 621 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:30 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:31 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:31 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:32 2000: 621 X: client 2 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb: Can't open display ':0' AUDIT: Thu Aug 17 03:40:32 2000: 621 X: client 3 rejected from local host Auth name: XDM-AUTHORIZATION-1 ID: -1 Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xmodmap: unable to open display ':0' Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Nate
Re: login problems
On Wed, Dec 30, 1998 at 07:23:56PM +0100, Paulussen Edmond wrote: > Last week I installed Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 > Everything went (quite) well. I installed Linux, windowmanager, Netscape, > connection with my ISP,... and got it working. > > Since yesterday I am unable to login. After login (with correct username & > password) I get following error message: > > "login [128] unable to change tty '/dev/tty1' for user root > Unable to change tty /dev/tty1: illegal seek" > > I get the error message at every login (root, normal user) > > What is the problem? I don't know. > What have I done wrong? Maybe nothing. > What is the solution? I can only say what I would try: Use a rescue floppy to boot from. Mount your root partition and cd to the /dev directory. Look at the owner and permissions of the tty1 psuedo terminal. Change the owner, group and permissions of /dev/tty1 to reasonable settings. An example after booting from rescue floppy. Mount the root under /mnt # mount -t ext2 /dev/your-root-patition # cd /mnt/dev # ls -l tty1 crw--- 1 jf tty4, 1 Dec 30 14:00 /dev/tty1 # chown root.tty tty1 # chmod 666 tty1 # reboot > > Paulussen Edmond > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > -- Jim
login problems
Last week I installed Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 Everything went (quite) well. I installed Linux, windowmanager, Netscape, connection with my ISP,... and got it working. Since yesterday I am unable to login. After login (with correct username & password) I get following error message: "login [128] unable to change tty '/dev/tty1' for user root Unable to change tty /dev/tty1: illegal seek" I get the error message at every login (root, normal user) What is the problem? What have I done wrong? What is the solution? Paulussen Edmond
login problems
Hi, I got Debian 1.3.1 installed from hamm and I had a problem at the end of the install. Now, all works fine, except for the prompt login: as soon as I start my computer, root is logged on and I can't exit from it. I created a user account but it doesn't change anything. Thanks for help Franck -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
