Re: only root allowed login ...

Possibly a permissions problem.  Check the permissions for the user's home 
directory.

Can you su into a user from the root login?




On Sat, 11 Jun 2011, terry white wrote:

> ... ciao:
>
>    all of a sudden, i am only able to login as root.  this is not something 
> i was trying to accomplish, and at a loss in figuring out how i did.  anyway.
>
>    as a given, login as a valid user, with correct password, terminated 
> immediately, with a new login prompt.  invalid login attempts iterate until a 
> new session initiated.
>
>    ftp, and smtp allowed, telnet fails.
>
>    i'm not seeing anything mentioned in the logs with regard to failed 
> normal user login.   i'm at a loss as to where i might start looking.
>
>    any thoughts, suggestion would be much appreciated ...
>
> -- 
> ... it's not what you see ,
>    but in stead , notice ...
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