error in login as user

abhinavpurwar · 09-29-2006, 10:26 AM

Hi i m using FC5........i m unable to login as <general>user.....it gives me error like Authentication Fail......but i can login as root ...
i tried by editing the /etc/passwd file by removing the x.....not asking for password of a existing user...but entering again user-name same problem as authentication fail........

i hv also tried by changing the passwd for existing user it successed but again when trying to login as user same problem .....

please help me.........Thanx in advance....

sn68 · 09-30-2006, 03:08 AM

login as root and in terminal type
>passwd username

Change password and login with that username & passwd

abhinavpurwar · 09-30-2006, 05:08 AM

I hv tried this ......and i hv stated it in my forum.......after changing the password ....same result "Authentication Failure"

sn68 · 09-30-2006, 07:10 AM

Hope your keyboard is working properly, (type user password in a text editor to check)
create a new user, assign same password as root & try and login, if you succeed then change password and check again

abhinavpurwar · 09-30-2006, 08:08 AM

Well My keyboard is working fine.....
(lets suppose my keyboard is not working properly)
/* if i change the password of use USER suppose linux....
my system keyboard taking x as X(suppose).....then it sets the passwd as linuX and again in login when i try to type linux it ll take linu x as linuX....which is same as previous one then it will successful login */.... so its not the matter whether the keyboard is working properly or not .....i think its a error in passwd or shadow file....