Incorrect Login for root

[IAK Tanoli]

try to run "authconfig" or run setup choose
"authentication configuration" do next on first screen
and on second screen select enable MS5 and Shadow
password.

regards
IAK

--- "V.V.Prasad" <vvprasad at nomus.net.in> wrote:

> IAK Tanoli,
> 
> Thanks. One part of the problem got solved. Now I am
> able to login as root 
> as well as all users. I ran pwunconv. That moved the
> encrypted passwords to 
> the passwd file and deleted the shadow file.
> However, if I run pwconv again, I am back to square
> one.
> I ran pwconv and that is how the system is at now.
> But the question is do I need shadow? What am I
> getting with it?
> 
> prasad
> 
> 
> At 01:28 AM 12/21/2004 -0800, IAK Tanoli wrote:
> 
> 
> >try booting in single user... change root
> password...
> >run command "pwconv" to update the /etc/shadow file
> >and "pwck" to check if there is any error in
> >/etc/passwd file. Also after changing password try
> >switching to nomral user by: # su - $username . If
> it
> >can login then again by that normal users try # su
> -
> >to login by root.  It must  ask root passwd give
> root
> >passwd. If all went ok then "init 3" or "init 5"
> will
> >be your choice.
> >
> >--- "V.V.Prasad" <vvprasad at nomus.net.in> wrote:
> >
> > > Ben,
> > >
> > > Tx for the continued interest.
> > > I am not able to login as any user also! I had
> not
> > > tried it previously,
> > > I did give the sync command. The passwd files &
> the
> > > shadow files are ok.
> > >
> > > Prasad
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > At 02:50 PM 12/20/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >Can you log in as a regular user, then su to
> root?
> > > >/etc/securetty?
> > > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com
> > > >[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On
> Behalf
> > > Of Ben Russo
> > > >Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 2:50 PM
> > > >To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> > > >Subject: Re: Incorrect Login for root
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >V.V.Prasad wrote:
> > > > >>> When I try root login, I get Incorrect
> Login.
> > > > >>> I enter through Lilo and Linux single mode
> and
> > > change the root
> > > > >>> password. However, when I exit single user
> and
> > > try to login again as
> > > >
> > > > >>> root, I get the same result: Incorrect
> Login.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Hmmm, when you set the password in Single User
> > > Mode, did you run "sync"
> > > >and gracefully restart the server?
> > > >If not, then the change of the password might
> not
> > > ever have made it to
> > > >disk.
> > > >
> > > >One other thing you might try (just to make
> this
> > > easier)
> > > >When in Single-User-Mode, edit the /etc/sudoers
> > > file and give one of the
> > > >known-good-login users privs to run "sudo
> /bin/su
> > > -" so that you don't
> > > >have to reboot a gazillion times to find the
> > > problem.
> > > >
> > > >-Ben.
> > > >
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