Failed login

[Alfred Hovdestad]

First you have to determine what the problem is.  The first place to 
check is /var/log/messages and /var/log/secure.  Is there any indication 
why the logins failed?

You can also try to login remotely when the system is up and running. 
Does it allow remote logins (telnet or ssh?)?

Once you have the problem identified, then we can look for a permanent 
solution.

   Alfred Hovdestad
   University of Saskatchewan


saum wrote:
> In text mode it shows Invalid Login, but it never showed invalid
> password or anything else.I shall try out the suggestion of the single
> user mode.And regarding the disk space I dont think there should be
> any problem as the whole Red Hat 9 package comes for 4.6GB and the
> main partision size i have for it is 6.2 GB. Well even if I am able to
> boot in the single user mode is there any way that I might be able to
> corect the problem permanently.
> 
> -Saumyadeep Paul
> 
> On 6/29/05, Alfred Hovdestad <alfred.hovdestad at usask.ca> wrote:
> 
>>What error message shows up when you try to login on the text
>>(non-graphical) login?
>>
>>You can also boot up in single user mode to diagnose your problems.  On
>>the boot-up screen, select e to edit the boot-up menu.  Select the
>>kernel line and press e to edit the line.  Add the word single to the
>>end of the line and press Enter.  When you get back to the GRUB menu,
>>press b to boot and you should boot into single-user mode.  In
>>single-user mode, you boot directly to a shell prompt as root.
>>
>>One thing to check is your disk space.  If you un out of space in /var,
>>you cannot login because you cannot log the login.
>>
>>   Alfred Hovdestad
>>   University of Saskatchewan
>>
>>
>>
>>saum wrote:
>>
>>>I have currently loaded Red Hat 9 in my system, but i am unable to log
>>>into the system. on suplying the user/password at the login screen it
>>>goes blank and then the login screen reappeares. i tried to log in in
>>>the text mode but it was no use. i even changed the root password
>>>before the boot process but still no respite can anyone help me here.
>>>
>>