Re: [gentoo-user] unable to login to user account or do su - username

[Valmor de Almeida]

Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> After a system/world update my user account dealmeida cannot be logged to or
>> root cannot su to it. When su - dealmeida is issued at the root command
>> prompt, it immediately returns to root. When login is at the console the
>> motd appears (twice; why?) and then the session is closed. In the
>> /var/log/messages I get
>>
>> May  2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: Successful su for dealmeida by root
>> May  2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: + pts/1 root:dealmeida
>> May  2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for
>> user dealmeida by root(uid=0)
>> May  2 20:42:35 xeon0 su[29286]: pam_unix(su:session): session closed for
>> user dealmeida
>>
>> No other account has this problem.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>
> Is the user's shell set properly?
>

I made no changes in the account and looked over the . startup files; 
they look okay. Also, the output of password -S dealmeida are fine. 
Still puzzled why motd appears twice even at root login.

Thanks

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Valmor