user login problem

[Dan Matlock_1]

strange problem on trusted system. user can't seem to login through telnet, but can login with diff. user and then 'su -' to himself. Must not be a home dir. issue, but what else should I check?

[Dan Matlock_1]

strange results: I reset the passwd and it works. User had '#' in the passwd on this trusted 11.00 system!? When taken out, then can login, but in they can't...... On a 11.11 trusted system it works. Maybe other variables envolved causing this, but seems strange to me!

[Muthukumar_5 · Accepted solution]

I hope # character can not be used in passwd on trusted systems. I think the problem is still existing. Can you try as, \# ? Just a try. I hope several threads started for this # character problem.

hth.

[Pete Randall]

From the "Warnings" section of "man passwd":

Avoid password characters which have special meaning to the tty driver, such as # (erase) and @ (kill). You may not be able to login with these characters.


Pete

[Dan Matlock_1]

thanx