unable to login any user through the console but users can login in GUI

p kumar · 04-19-2012, 05:22 AM

In my centos 6.2 linux box any users can not login to the any console but all are able to login to GUI i have checked the /etc/securetty its fine and checked the /var/log/sercure i got this

Apr 19 15:49:01 client unix_chkpwd[4723]: password check failed for user (root)
Apr 19 15:49:01 client login: pam_unix(login:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=tty3 ruser= rhost= user=root
Apr 19 15:49:04 client login: FAILED LOGIN 2 FROM (null) FOR root, Authentication failure

listerthrawn · 04-19-2012, 06:09 AM

When you try to log into the console, just try typing your password into the 'username' (Don't hit enter!) just to see if it is showing what you expect.

Perhaps a strange keymap issue is causing this?

Chris