Hello everyone!!!

[a3dowd]

Hello, all. new Linux user here looking for help with a peculiar user account issue...

I have an account that I was logged into a server with, walked away from the server, and the account continuously fails authentication when attempting to log back in. I am the only person that accesses the server, which has been operational for almost a month now with zero issues.

- grep 'username' /etc/shadow shows that nothing is amiss
- passwd -S 'username' checks out fine
- passwd -u 'username' shows "Success"

Any ideas as to what the issue may be? Thanks!!!

 

[Zaki SI-Lounis]

sorry that I can't help but maybe if you want more answers put it in a different category.
sorry

 

[wizardfromoz]

Welcome to linux.org @a3dowd

I am moving this Thread to Server to get some more help for you.

Good luck.

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

 

[Zaki SI-Lounis]

Welcome to linux.org @a3dowd

I am moving this Thread to Server to get some more help for you.

Good luck.

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

Yeah I suggested that beccause no one replies in the thread the is currently in

 

[a3dowd]

Welcome to linux.org @a3dowd

I am moving this Thread to Server to get some more help for you.

Good luck.

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz

Many thanks!!!

 

[dos2unix]

what happens when you try logging in as root, and then su'ing to this user?
Any errors?

anything in dmesg? /var/log/messages?
What is their shell set to? Does that shell exist? Are the paths to the shell and home directory correct?

 

[a3dowd]

dos,

Thanks for the reply. I was able to su to the affected user account (showed 19 failed login attempts, though I'm 100% certain that the pw is correct).

---update---

Noticed that when I show "-l" on the home directory that the affected account's home directory is owned by a different user, which to my knowledge of the system, has never been created.

---update---

So learning on the fly...the affected acct was a member of the "wheel" group (which I thought was the different user), but I still couldn't access the server after logging in as root and changing the acct's pw.. In the end, I just created a new user account and added it to the wheel group so I could "su" and perform actions as root. SO MUCH TO LEARN!!!