Login in error

[paula hawk_2]

Does anyone know what this error message is? I can not log into my server usiing any id.

have you ever seen this error message?


No utmp entry.You must exec "login" from the lowest level "sh".

[Patrick Wallek · Accepted solution]

Have a look at this thread:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xc3174b3ef09fd611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

By the way, to find this I searched the forums using "no utmp" as the keywords.

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Paula,

I suspect that your /etc/utmp file has become corrupted - login from the console & do the following:

#mv /etc/utmp /etc/utmp.bad
#touch /etc/utmp
This creates a new file

OR

#> /etc/utmp
This will zero out the file.

Then try again.
If you can't get logged in as root from the console, you'll have to TOC it from the GSP & do this in single-user mode.

Rgds,
Jeff

[paula hawk_2]

THanks Patrick for the quick reply. It resolved the issues and I am able to log in. Thanks again!!!!!