ssh login error

kguru · 03-27-2006, 01:26 AM

Hi all ,

I got an error regarding RHEL ES console logging in.
In console 5,i.e graphic console, login works normal.
But in text consoles,I had to enter the password twice for any user[including root] for succesfull login.
can anyone sort out this please???

And i was not able to login via SSH to this server.

Is this due to this twice password request??

thanks in advance
k.guru.

jschiwal · 03-27-2006, 03:24 AM

You might read through the pam config files.
For example, perhaps the use_first_pass option should be used in one of the subsequent configs.
example:
password required pam_unix2.so nullok use_first_pass use_authtok

Your description doesn't sound like an ssh login, but a local login.

kguru · 03-27-2006, 05:10 AM

yea...the login error is for system login.
even though i add use_first_pass,it continue to ask passwd twice b4logging in successfully.i also getting password locked error even after repeated attempts of unlocking the passwords.

can any one sort out this plzz???

jschiwal · 03-28-2006, 03:54 AM

One thing that might be possible, but I'm not certain, is that your password is too simple and fails a pam_cracklib test. Could you change your password to something you are certain would pass muster.

From the /usr/share/doc/packages/pam/README.cracklib on my SuSE machine:

Quote:

For example, you need to change the following lines in /etc/pam.d/passwd:

password required /lib/security/pam_pwcheck.so nullok
password required /lib/security/pam_unix2.so nullok use_first_pass use_authtok

to:

password required /lib/security/pam_pwcheck.so nullok use_cracklib
password required /lib/security/pam_unix2.so nullok use_first_pass use_authtok

Another possibility is a problem in typing it. I once changed my password at work, and had mistyped it (the same way) twice, so my new password had a typo in it that I needed to figure out before logging in again.