login problem ----solved-------

daflye · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 17

Ok I've just done a stage1 install and I'm now at the login prompt.

I use root as the user and the password that I created during installation. I get "Login Incorrect".

So I booted from the live cd and chroot into my system and changed the password and it says that password change was successful.

I reboot and at the login prompt, i try to log in as root and I still can't login in.

I've changed the password 3 times already and I still can't login.

Am I doing something wrong or is this a new bug? I know that they recently fixed it where I can actually go through the whole installation process without compiling errors.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

adaptr · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:36 am Post subject:

Chances are that you skipped one or more crucial bits of the install.
PAM is a possible suspect for login troubles, as it has a USE flag that you should definitely not disable during installation.

Log in with the LiveCD (mount the gentoo stuff) and add a normal user; make sure to add the user to the wheel group.

Now see if you can log in with that user.

If so, check if you can su.
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daflye · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 17

Thaks for the reply.

I did as you said and I can log in as a user and do "su" and it works.

Do I have to always do this or is there a way that I can log in as root from the beginning?

Thanks again.

adaptr · Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:07 am Post subject:

No, you don't need to do this forever from now on ;-)

This is probably a PAM issue.
Look at /etc/pam.d/login; compare it with su and system-auth.
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daflye · n00b Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 17

I looked at all 3 files and realized that I had no idea what I was looking for. They all look similiar, with a couple of differences.

Am I suppose to make sure that the login file has all the entries from the other 2 files?

I don't want to be a pain, I can live with this minor flaw. I won't be loggin in as root as much anyway.

Thanks for helping me through this final hurdle. Then again, I still have a lot of packages to install so this might not be the final one yet. I wonder what kind of obstacles lie ahead

Thanks

adaptr · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:37 pm Post subject:

The first thing to do in that case is to install and configure sudo so you can emerge as a normal user.
While not very secure it is quite handy, pending the resolution of your other problem.
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>>> emerge (3 of 7) mcse/70-293 to /
Essential tools: gentoolkit eix profuse screen