Login problem

[hangyu]

one login a/c has login problem , when he login , after input a/c and password , it will back to the login prompt , I sure the password is correct . if password is not correct , it will show "password incorrect" message , if expired , it should show "account expired" message , if force change password , it will ask to change password , but now , no any message but only back to the login prompt , can advise what is wrong ? thx

[Fabian Briseño · Accepted solution]

Hello
Just this user is having trouble loging in ?

maybe your /etc/passwd file is corrupt.

or his /home/ directory is corrupt

[hangyu]

thx reply,

I think it is not the corruption problem of /etc/password as only one user has problem .

I have more information about the problem , the user don't have login for many time , the password should be expired , thx

[MarkSyder]

Is this a NIS user? If so, does the fault follow him if he tries a different workstation? Can other users login on his workstation?

If the fault is definitely with the user I would suggest logging in as root and changing his password.

Mark Syder (like the drink but spelt different)

[Fabian Briseño]

Try to recreate the user give him another password using the root acount.

Does your syslog.log file report anything ?

Im not sure if this applies but are you using telnet or ssh ?

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

is the HOME directory of that user NFS mounted?
Check via the .profile of the user; as well you could see other stuff executed there which delays further processing of the login process.

Put as the first line in the .profile of the user:

set -x

If there is a processing depending on the username in /etc/profile, you'll have to check this as well.

It would be inetresting, if the login hangs only at one special host or for all/many ones.

mfG Peter

[Sp4admin]

Hi,

Have you tried to "getprpw -r -m lockout userid" yet? if the account is locked then use "modprpw -k userid" this will unlock the account. If it still doesn't work remove the user and try to add them again.

sp,