Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] unable to login to user account or do su - username
Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 01:00:57
Message-Id: 58965d8a0905021800h3db185deicd096c11743b017d@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] unable to login to user account or do su - username by Valmor de Almeida
1 On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > Hello,
4 >
5 > After a system/world update my user account dealmeida cannot be logged to or
6 > root cannot su to it. When su - dealmeida is issued at the root command
7 > prompt, it immediately returns to root. When login is at the console the
8 > motd appears (twice; why?) and then the session is closed. In the
9 > /var/log/messages I get
10 >
11 > May 2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: Successful su for dealmeida by root
12 > May 2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: + pts/1 root:dealmeida
13 > May 2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for
14 > user dealmeida by root(uid=0)
15 > May 2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for
16 > user dealmeida
17 >
18 > No other account has this problem.
19 >
20 > Any ideas?
21 >
22 > Thanks,
23
24 Is the user's shell set properly?

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Re: [gentoo-user] unable to login to user account or do su - username Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com>