Can not loggon

[Chhaya_Z]

Hi,

If we would have been logged in to any terminal we could have checked the /etc/inittab file, if the getty service running on all the runlevels. And also checked for the package and the command.

As of now I am not able to think of any other choice.

[Nils_9]

Hi,

some random ideas :
- if PermitRootLogin is set to "yes", you can still try to scp or sftp /bin/bash from another Debian server (versions must be the same)
- try using another shell by specifying it on the command line, for example, I would try 'ssh root@crashedserver.mydomain.com /bin/sh' or 'ssh -t root@crashedserver.mydomain.com /bin/sh'; I used /bin/sh but you can try /bin/csh ou /bin/tcsh depending on what command interpretor is installed on your system and which one you feel comfortable with.

Hope this helps !

Nils