non-root user login fails in Tru64

[Saravanan_6]

Hi ,

Non-root user (telnet)login fails in Tru64. I gave different combination passwds to the non-root user and tried it... (without passwd too). but telne to that host fails.

enhanced security is also offline..verified thru sysman.

can u pls pass tricks to rectify this..

~Saravanan

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

Can you be a bit more specific...?

You first say the login fails, which implies the user got an error message... what was it ?

But you then say telnet to the host fails, which potentially means the user didn't even get the login prompt ...

Cheers,

Rob

[Saravanan_6]

Thanks Rob.

It is promping for username/password. Then the telnet login window vanishes without throwing any error messages.

~Saravanan

[Rob Leadbeater]

Hi,

OK. Is there anything obvious in the authentication logs ?

/var/adm/syslog.dated/current/auth.log

Cheers,

Rob

[Ivan Ferreira]

The problem could be that the telnet window does not display the error message. This is common.

Try logging as root and from the command line logon as a different user:

telnet localhost

You will be able to see the error message. The error could be something as "account is disabled". If the error is like that use:

usermod -x administrative_lock_applied=0 username
usermod -x grace_limit=1 username

[Kapil Jha]

Hi
Can you check if /etc/nologin file is there may be you can remove it and non-root user would work.
hope this help.

[Saravanan_6]

Hi all,

Thanks for your responses. Please find the below error log.

#telnet localhost
...
...
login: sarav
Password:
Too many users logged on already.
Try again later.
Connection closed by foreign host.
#

Note : No non-root users except one root user is logged in.

I cant get any useful info from /var/adm/syslog.dated/current/auth.log.

Regards
Saravanan

[Venkatesh BL]

I think this could be due license expiry. If the error is "Too many users already logged in", then you can be pretty sure that it is indeed the reason.

[Saravanan_6]

Yes it happened due to license issues. now it is solved.. Thank you all..

~Saravanan