Hi all Does anyone have an idea why xdm can't successfully verify root's password on one of my systems? This not only prevents root from logging in, but also forces me to login to be able to shut the system down, because I've set the system to allow only root to perform shutdown. This is the only one of my SuSE 7.3 systems with this problem. I've compared /etc/pam.d/xdm, /opt/kde2/share/config/kdm/kdmrc, /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. I see nothing in /var/log/messages, /var/log/warn or /var/log[k|x]dm to indicate a problem when I attempt to login as root. I *can* su to root. The only thing I see in /var/log/messages that seems relevant to me are entries similar to the following: Jan 18 05:58:52 snsfr002 PAM-unix2[9802]: session started for user reckhard, service xdm Jan 18 06:31:22 snsfr002 PAM-unix2[9802]: session finished for user reckhard, service xdm I see those for user root on the working systems, but nothing on the one with the problem (snsfr002). Any hints? Cheers Tobias -- Tobias Reckhard secunet Security Networks AG Tel : +49(6196)95888-42 Mergenthalerallee 77 Fax : +49(6196)95888-88 D-65760 Eschborn E-Mail: tobias.reckhard@secunet.com