RE: Authentication default

From: YigalB (byigal_at_zahav.net.il)
Date: 09/21/04

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    To: "'For users of Fedora Core releases'" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:52:00 +0200

    Paul

    Thanks a lot! That solved my problem. I can now login.

    What about the 2nd issue now? Can I autologin when boot to a selected
    non-root account?

    Yigal

    >-----Original Message-----
    >From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-
    >bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Paul Howarth
    >Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:40 AM
    >To: For users of Fedora Core releases
    >Subject: Re: Authentication default
    >
    >YigalB wrote:
    >> I am a newbie.. so I don't know "what I want to use" - I don't need
    any
    >> kind of security at all. I just want to be able to logon to other
    >> accounts... not only root..
    >> When I installed the PC I don't recall any Q regarding the
    >> authentication - and if there was - I probably said "don't care" - ad
    it
    >> worked fine until I made the mistake and touched that tab (while
    trying
    >> to solve other problem)
    >
    >OK, in authconfig, leave all of the "user information" fields blank and
    >select
    >"Use MD5 passwords" and "Use shadow passwords" (and nothing else) for
    >authentication.
    >
    >Make sure that the accounts you are trying to log in to have entries in
    >/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.
    >
    >What is the symptom you get when trying to log in as other accounts?
    Does
    >it
    >say "bad password" or something similar, or does it appear to log in
    and
    >then
    >log out again immediately?
    >
    >> I even would love to know how to make the PC boot automatically into
    an
    >> account I set (not root) without asking me for user name and
    password..
    >
    >Let's make sure that the other account works first.
    >
    >Paul.
    >
    >
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