Hi All,

I have a RHEL5 machine here, and once i login to the machine, the screen goes blank. I can see the cursor moving,that shows that system is not hanged up.

I think i made few changes in the "/home/kapil/.ssh/known_hosts" file last time, it was wrking fine. So, i need to check that file again, but i can't see anything on the screen.

Do we have any admin sort of user with which i can login properly, and then i can check the problem and the root cause of the problem.

Thank You in advance,
Kapil Bajpai

Don't know...do you have any admin sort of users set up?? That's your system, you should know which users are set up on it...there's no way anyone else can know that.

If things are set up securely, you can't log in as root over the network, via SSH, although you can try it. You can also just log into the console as root, too.

Hi TBOne,

I tried logging in as 'root', andable to login properly. that is fine. Now, the big concern is how to restore the other user's login details, so that i can login using usual user of this machine, rather than 'root' itself.

I made few changes in Known_hosts file, but i don't know how to restore the earlier information. I think, this will solve my problem.

Do suggest me....

Thank You,
Kapil.

>but i don't know how to restore the earlier information.
Under your root account, "su kapil" switch to your common user,
1), backup your "/home/kapil/.ssh/known_hosts";
2), edit your "/home/kapil/.ssh/known_hosts" file;
3), logout and login with your common user "kapil";
4), if that doesn't work, backup your "/home/kapil/.ssh/" directory, delete your "/home/kapil/.ssh/" directory, relogin again, if you use ssh once again, the ".ssh" directory should be created automatically(haven't confirmed), then you can recreate your "known_hosts" or edit your "known_hosts".

Hi there,

Thank you very much for timely help. The issue gets resolved through ur advise.
Thank You all there for the concern...

--Kapil.