[rhn-users] Authentication Failed

[Jay Rosener]

I installed SurgeLDAP on my RH9 box.  I worked with this the better part 
of the day with no problems.  After rebooting, the startup script 
started the SurgeLDAP service, but then everything after that started 
very slowly.  Xserver would not start.

I rebooted in interactive mode and bypassed this service.  Everything 
started normally.

When trying to log on as any valid user, includeing root, a box pops up 
after entering the password.  It has a stop sign with an X in it and the 
message Authentication Failed.

If I Purposly put it a bad password, I get the normal message about a 
bad password.

I tried ctl+alt+F1 to get to text mode.  When logging on here the screen 
simply blanks out for a fraction of a second and returns to the login: 
prompt.  Again, a bad combination of ID and Password gives the normal 
bad messages.  Only the "correct" combinations result in the odd behavior.

I tried booting into single user mode and resetting the passwords but 
after rebooting back into normal mode, I get the same result.

Anyone got any ideas?