<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2654.45"> <TITLE>RE: passwd demon failing?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Thanks for the replies guys. No, /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure give no clues. i did check them. its very strange I tried to boot into the virtual console and still same error. can't login. also once at the single user prompt, i checked the ID, both 0. if i try to su - a message comes straight back and says wrong password. if im already root, why is it asking for a password anyway? -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Miller [<A HREF="mailto:mattdm@mattdm.org">mailto:mattdm@mattdm.org</A>] Sent: Friday, 14 May 2004 11:15 AM To: For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: passwd demon failing? On Fri, May 14, 2004 at 10:59:27AM +1000, David Harris wrote: > So i booted in single user mode, changed the passwd and tried again. same > message. > It's as if the auth demon is not listening as it spits me out straight away. > root or normal user > is there anything i can check to make sure this is listening? if not any > clues as to why this has all of a sudden happened? has samba corrupted > something? Could be a lot of things, but there's no "auth daemon". There's several different programs involved in authentication, but not a daemon process. What do you see in the files /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure? Something there probably tells you exactly what's wrong (at least if you know how to interpret the messages). -- Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <<A HREF="http://www.mattdm.org/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.mattdm.org/</A>> Boston University Linux ------> <<A HREF="http://linux.bu.edu/" TARGET="_blank">http://linux.bu.edu/</A>> -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: <A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list" TARGET="_blank">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</A> "Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications - The Next Generation Integrated IT and Telecommunications Carrier that transforms your voice, data & online complexities into solutions" ************************************************************************* Confidentiality Note: This e-mail is sent to and intended for use by the named addressees only. It contains confidential information. If you receive this e-mail in error, please telephone Macquarie Corporate Telecommunications Pty Ltd on +612 8221 7777, and then delete this message immediately. Further, you should not re-transmit, copy, store, or reveal the contents of this message to any third party. ************************************************************************* </BODY> </HTML>