[Sunhelp] Re: Unable to login to system running 2.5.1

afrose abdulla sunhelp at sunhelp.org
Mon Nov 13 01:38:33 CST 2000


thanks Mike. Will check it out!
/afrose


"Mike Gracy (Ghost Rider)" wrote:

> I hope this is me being paranoid, but I would also check other binaries like
> su to make sure they haven't been replaced or modified.  There is a
> possibility that that system may have been compromised.  Replacing login
> with one of your own design is not an uncommon hack.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The XUMA Ghostrider mailing list
> [mailto:GHOSTRIDER at LISTSERV.XUMA.COM]On Behalf Of afrose abdulla
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 10:00 PM
> To: GHOSTRIDER at LISTSERV.XUMA.COM
> Subject: Re: [Sunhelp] Re: Unable to login to system running 2.5.1
>
> Magnus
> Thanks dude, it happened to be a corrupt /bin/login
> cheers!
> /afrose
>
> Magnus Abrante wrote:
>
> > > Facing an issue with a Netra 150 running 2.5.1, with DNS in it.
> > > After the system boots to mutli-user, it does not allow any user to
> > > login!
> > > After taking in the user name, it displays the login prompt again and
> > > again.
> > > But it is possible to boot to single user mode and with the root
> > > password it does go in.
> > > Checked the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow seems like the shells are in
> > > place.
> >
> > What does the line "passwd:" says in /etc/nsswitch.conf ?
> >
> >         //Magnus Abrante
> > /* This is my opinion and not the one of my empolyer */
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