System crash

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

> group -gdm:x:479:
> passwd - gdm:x:42:479::/var/lib/gdm:/sbin/nologin
>
I think you might want to change the gid for gdm.

> 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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