Unable to login as user.

fffortun3 · n00b Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 10

So, I've completed my install and everything is up 'n running, except I can't login as any of the users I've added, only root. Neither from pty, ssh nor xdm. I need some help where to start fail-checking, as I have almost no clue myself. So far I've checked basic things such as passwords and groups and everything looks okay there.

When logging in from pty I get the error "/home/user! not found" as soon as I enter the users correct password, and then get kicked out. When trying from ssh I get kicked out aswell with some standard error message. If I run su username as root, I get "Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied".

I've also checked a few permissions on files, namely /etc/shadow, /etc/group and /etc/password. Everything okay there too. Also, when tailing /var/log/everything/current I get the following message while trying to log in via ssh:

polle · Veteran Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 1498 Location: Belgium

seems you created the users in the wrong way
read this faq:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49783&highlight=useradd

I think it's better to delete the users and recreate them, for a normal system a

useradd -g users -G wheel -s /bin/bash -m (username)

will be enough

fffortun3 · n00b Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 10

Actually, no, that is how I created them. As I always have.

polle · Veteran Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 1498 Location: Belgium

So and you actually checked if the home directory of the user really exists?

fffortun3 · n00b Joined: 13 Feb 2004 Posts: 10

Yes. Directorys, and users exists. If I try and log in with the wrong password nothing happens, it just prompts me for another one. But if I type the correct one, I get kicked out.

Sort of feels like everything's set, but maybe some permissions or something is messed up? Wish I knew.

wrekno · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:15 pm Post subject:

The same for me, when I use 'su username' the message is the same, but I guess it's more important: 'su - username' - Unable to cd to /home/username. Of course it's exist, and all the permissions are correct.

wrekno · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:10 pm Post subject:

Gentree · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 1:28 am Post subject:

No, dont waste your time looking , this seems to be a bug in latest pam: pam-0.77-r1

I just retrograded to 0.77 and a new console login worked correctly.

Both root and user login at console works as before : no silly errors.

HTH

Sadly , startx is still fucked so I will have to find another borked update ....
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wrekno · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:31 am Post subject:

yes, it seems to be a bug, but it works after my modification...

gentoo_lan · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:44 am Post subject:

I believe it is a bug that occured because of pam-0.77-r1. Many people have been experiencing similar login problems.