A strange root login problem
I'm having a problem logging in with any user on my Suse 7.3 box. First of all this machine was running for about two weeks with the kde desktop up logged in as root (not at a login screen) and the sole purpose of the machine was to serve samba sharing to about 30 clients. The samba sharing works perfectly. It started with some strange things happening on the kde desktop (freezing for a couple of seconds). So, I logged off and restarted x. When the login came back I attempted to login as root, I got a message - "root logins are not allowed". I don't know what this means, I was just logged in as root. So, I shutdown and restarted the machine. I get the same message. The root icon is gone from the list user icons on the screen. I get a login failed from all the other users on the machine. The strangest thing is that all the users can login from there client machines onto the Linux box through samba just fine. Another thing that doesn't work is the webmn. The bottom line is that clients can get to there files but there I cannot manage the machine. Failsafe or any of the other window managers don't work. Has anybody ever had this problem? Any help would be appreciated. Regards, Nathanael Andrico nandrico@carolina.rr.com 704-393-7650
Hello Nathanael,
it can be a PAM problem. Have you tried to login using Telnet, SSH, FTP or any
other services you have installed?
Sincerely,
Alexey Solofnenko.
En réponse à Nathanael Andrico
I'm having a problem logging in with any user on my Suse 7.3 box.
First of all this machine was running for about two weeks with the kde desktop up logged in as root (not at a login screen) and the sole purpose of the machine was to serve samba sharing to about 30 clients. The samba sharing works perfectly.
It started with some strange things happening on the kde desktop (freezing for a couple of seconds). So, I logged off and restarted x. When the login came back I attempted to login as root, I got a message - "root logins are not allowed". ..............
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Alexey, I've tried that, all those ports are disabled. What is PAM? Thanks, Nathanael Andrico -----Original Message----- From: alexeys@inventigo.com [mailto:alexeys@inventigo.com] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 2:53 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] A strange root login problem Hello Nathanael, it can be a PAM problem. Have you tried to login using Telnet, SSH, FTP or any other services you have installed? Sincerely, Alexey Solofnenko.
Nathanael,
PAM is an authentication system. I am not 100% sure, but if you run the system
in single user mode ("linux single" during boot), you should be able to log in.
Otherwise you can still boot from CD, mount the partitions and look what is wrong.
- Alexey.
En réponse à Nathanael Andrico
Alexey,
I've tried that, all those ports are disabled. What is PAM?
Thanks,
Nathanael Andrico
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Alexey,
Thanks
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Nathanael,
PAM is an authentication system. I am not 100% sure, but if you run the
system
in single user mode ("linux single" during boot), you should be able to log
in.
Otherwise you can still boot from CD, mount the partitions and look what is
wrong.
- Alexey.
En réponse à Nathanael Andrico
Alexey,
I've tried that, all those ports are disabled. What is PAM?
Thanks,
Nathanael Andrico
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