Hi,
The problem is still presisting. I did try all the options
mentioned below.
I do have the hard disk still with me.
Would any body like to suggest something more to that.
Rgds
Jaishankar
> 3. Re: Does not allow login even with Su on Redhat 6.2 box
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><P>Hey i think your init process is getting respawned ,, hmm well
>the reason may be your /etc/passwd file might have got
>corrupted.
><P>U can go in Single user mode and copy /etc/passwd.Old to
>/etc/passwd and then i think it should allow u to login.
><P>Let me know if this worked.
><P>Tapesh
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><P> <B><I>Philip S Tellis
><PHILIP(a)KONARK.NCST.ERNET.IN></I></B>wrote:
><BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;
>BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">On 19 Jul 2002, Jaishankar
>Krishnan Iyer wrote:<BR><BR>> The box did NOT run any firewall
>etc. The next day what we found <BR>> was, it would NOT allow us
>to login at all.<BR>> At the login prompt , when one tried to
>login as any user or even <BR>> "su" it would just jump back to
>login prompt.<BR><BR>did you try to login as su or as
>root?<BR><BR>> Could i get some hint as to which are the likely
>files which i could<BR>> look into which could cause this
>problem. This would help us further<BR>> in the penetration test
>which we are conducting.<BR><BR>have a look at your pam.d/*
>files. also, by removing some groups, you <BR>may have disabled
>logins. You'll have to experiment to find