I have no name!@********

]SK[ · 12-18-2006, 07:00 PM

My server is reporting the above when logging in. Any ideas why?

unSpawn · 12-18-2006, 07:12 PM

Because there's a problem with your account (maybe simply access rights to /etc/passwd).
What does "getent passwd yourusername" say?
What are the permissions of /etc/passwd ("stat -c %a /etc/passwd")?

]SK[ · 12-19-2006, 12:46 AM

I have no name!@****** ~# getent passwd root
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/sbin/bash
I have no name!@****** ~# stat -c %a /etc/passwd
644

unSpawn · 12-19-2006, 07:23 AM

No, the "I have no name!@" part is a produced error, not your username.
For " yourusername" substitute your username, the one you log in as.

]SK[ · 12-19-2006, 07:35 AM

I don't understand. You want me to put in place of yourusername the login username of the account with the problem? If so then I am as I am logging in as 'root'.

unSpawn · 12-19-2006, 08:24 AM

Uh. Misread. You're right. It shows you logging in as root. How do you log in? SSH? Local? Any error preceding the "I have no name" part? Using any auth methods like LDAP? When did this error start ocurring? What changes where made before it ocurred? (Minor nit: the shell location seems wrong (should be /bin/bash by default on GNU/Linux systems) though why that is not keeping you from logging in I can't see....)