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brendan_e

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Registered: 2012-05-15

Posts: 7

System upgrade agetty issue

I executed a complete system upgrade yesterday.  Now when I attempt to login in (through the terminal, not graphically) it allows me to enter my username and then instead of prompting for a password it immediately reports "incorrect password" about four times and the returns to the login prompt again.  I have no idea where to begin debugging this and would appreciate some input.

Thank you,

Brendan

pilotkeller

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-12-22

Posts: 513

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Re: System upgrade agetty issue

Is it possible to get a copy of your /etc/inittab posted for us to look at?

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brendan_e

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Registered: 2012-05-15

Posts: 7

Re: System upgrade agetty issue

Thank you so much for the quick reply! Here is my inittab:

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# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)    Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 tty6 linux

# Serial Virtual Console for KVM and others VMs
#s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 9600 ttyS0 linux

# Hypervisor Virtual Console for Xen and KVM
#h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 -s 38400 hvc0 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >/dev/null 2>&1

# End of file

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,426

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Re: System upgrade agetty issue

Please use [ code ] tags when pasting to the boards.

Have you tried commenting the slim entry?

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brendan_e

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Registered: 2012-05-15

Posts: 7

Re: System upgrade agetty issue

Sorry about forgetting the code tag.  I commented out the slim line and still same result.  It actually says "incorrect login" not "incorrect password".  If I try logging in as root its the same result but it mentions "su:" in the error as well.  Are there any other config files I could post that might give you a clue?

Thanks again

czubek

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Registered: 2012-03-08

Posts: 141

Re: System upgrade agetty issue

Could "id:3:initdefault" combined with "x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >/dev/null 2>&1" the cause?

brendan_e

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Registered: 2012-05-15

Posts: 7

Re: System upgrade agetty issue

So I rolled back PAM one version and that seemed to fix everything.  Strange that no one else seems to be reporting any problems though

Snowman

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From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: System upgrade agetty issue

Make sure your system if fully up-to-date

broom

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Registered: 2008-01-21

Posts: 7

Re: System upgrade agetty issue

So I rolled back PAM one version and that seemed to fix everything.  Strange that no one else seems to be reporting any problems though

The same problem: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=141160