System crash

[cliff here]

group -gdm:x:479:
passwd - gdm:x:42:479::/var/lib/gdm:/sbin/nologin

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:48 PM, cliff here <c4ifford at gmail.com> wrote:

> so your saying to remove the gdm (it does exist) user and group
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:35 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>
>> > another thing to note... logging in as root in the gdm doesn't make any
>> > entry to /var/log/secure.. whereas my basic user id does
>>
>> Right, it's only logging other users than root.
>>
>> Here's a thought: as root, first see if gdm is already in /etc/passwd, and
>> if gdm, gid 42 exists. If not, it looks as though it's supposed to be uid
>> and groupid 42 (yes, that's The Answer), with shell of nologin, so do
>> groupadd and useradd manually, then see what happens.
>>
>>        mark
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:27 PM, cliff here <c4ifford at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sorry, I'm trying to collect as much info as I can to bring this box
>> >> back
>> >> up.. here is what I am seeing
>> >>
>> >>   Feb 25 15:37:01 DBC115B useradd[3034]: failed adding user 'gdm', data
>> >> deleted
>> >> Feb 25 15:52:06 DBC115B useradd[3071]: failed adding user 'gdm', data
>> >> deleted
>> >> Feb 25 15:52:33 DBC115B pam: gdm-password[3000]:
>> >> pam_unix(gdm-password:session): session opened for user c4ifford by
>> >> (uid=0)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> So to surmise the problem.. i can ssh and virt tty into the box.. but I
>> >> cannot log in through gdm. so no X.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Stainforth, Matthew (SD/DS) <
>> >> Matthew.Stainforth at gnb.ca> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> The problem is "it broke" and "can't login" and "i get errors in my
>> >>> secure
>> >>> log" and "I'm pretty sure it's pam" are awfully vague and don't convey
>> >>> much
>> >>> information.
>> >>>
>> >>> Exactly what behavior and errors are you seeing?  If you want help,
>> >>> you'll
>> >>> have to be specific.
>> >>>
>> >>> -----Original Message-----
>> >>> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:
>> >>> redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of cliff here
>> >>> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 5:00 PM
>> >>> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
>> >>> Subject: Re: System crash
>> >>>
>> >>> So I reinstalled and reupdated.. and it broke again... I'm so stumped
>> >>>
>> >>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:34 AM, cliff here <c4ifford at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> > Not sure, I checked login, and xserver pam modules and they looked
>> >>> like
>> >>> the
>> >>> > standard ones.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:29 AM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> > When i say tty i mean virtual tty as in ALT+f1,f2 etc... but I
>> >>> cannot
>> >>> >> > login through X, I checked the xserver pam module in /etc/pam.d
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > Mind you that X comes up fine, loads my dual monitor kmod driver.
>> >>> So
>> >>> >> when
>> >>> >> > I do try and log into x, i get errors in my secure log, which
>> >>> points
>> >>> me
>> >>> >> to
>> >>> >> > the Pam authentication issue. I tried to roll back and complete
>> >>> the
>> >>> >> > update.. but to no avail
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> OH! You didn't make this clear before - *now* I understand why you
>> >>> were
>> >>> >> insisting it was pam.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Lessee, if you get a chance at some point, did pam have keyboard
>> >>> >> authentication ok'd?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>      mark
>> >>> >>
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