Re: problem logging in.
From: Mathew Snyder (theillien_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/26/04
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Date: 26 Mar 2004 10:18:49 -0800
here's where I am now:
I logged in as root and deleted the user that was giving me the
problems after copying all the files over to my /root directory. I
recreated the user and one by one copied files back to its /home
directory. I was able to log in but on subsequent logins I was back
to the problem I was having.
I then created a different user and copied all the files over. So far
I have been able to log in everytime with this new user, however, I
am now having the problem with root. I am able to su to root after
logging in as the regular user.
I really am lost on this. The only thing I can think of is a rootkit
has been placed on my system. I don't know why it wouldn't allow me
to log in as root from the login screen but allow me to su to root
after logging in as a regular user though.
Any insights would be greatly appreciated.
Mathew
Mathew Snyder <theillien@don'tspam.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:<66Y8c.9440$TY1.7205@fe1.texas.rr.com>...
> I was trying earlier to install gaim after building it from source and
> creating an rpm. That didn't work out as there was just too much other
> stuff I needed to install. I ended up installing Yahoo! Messenger after
> installing what was needed. However, before I realized that there was
> just too much other stuff needed to build gaim, I had installed the
> following packages:
>
> libao-devel
> gtk2-devel
> gtkspell-devel
> libtool
> pkgconfig
> mozilla-nss-devel
> glib2-devel
> pango-devel
> atk-devel
> glibspell
> aspell-devel
>
> Now, I can't log in as a regular user. I have it set up to auto-login
> my regular user and bypass the login screen. However, when it gets past
> the login prompt section, it kicks me out back to the login screen. The
> first time this happened it kicked me to the command prompt login after
> a few failed attempts to login graphically. I was able to login this way.
>
> I then tested the root login and it worked fine. I was able to log in
> and found that my regular user password was shorter than it should have
> been. I changed it and still get kicked out when attempting to log in.
> When I was booted to the command prompt login, I typed "startx" and
> got some messages then went back to the command prompt.
>
> I'm not sure what I did here. If I login with my regular user under the
> failsafe mode, I can see all my directories. Nothing happened to them.
> The user still exists just can't log in via X.
>
> Any ideas what I should be looking for? Are there any log outputs I
> should be providing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mathew
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