Can't log in with newly created user on new install of Arch [solved]

madjo · 2013-07-03 11:57:05

Hi all,

Yesterday I installed Arch anew (because I had a hardware failure that took out my hard drive), but now I'm encountering an issue with logging in.
After following the installation guide, and creating a new user, I find that I'm unable to log in as said user.
It complains about wrong password, but it's the exact same password that I entered mere moments before that, when creating the new user.

I can "log in" as said user by first logging in as root (which does work) and doing "su - <username>" (though then it doesn't ask for a password).
Can someone point me in the right direction to fix this problem?

Last edited by madjo (2013-07-03 20:19:43)

Trilby · 2013-07-03 12:04:03

When logged in as root, use `passwd <username>` to change the password for the user.

karol · 2013-07-03 12:50:34

Please post exact commands and output you got, "It complains about wrong password" may be too vague/

Are you using zsh https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/35724 ?

cookies · 2013-07-03 13:40:05

Did you use /usr/bin/bash instead of just /bin/bash as your shell when creating the new user?

madjo · 2013-07-03 20:19:27

It said "invalid login", and indeed I had tried to set it up with zsh as default shell (after I had done `pacman -S zsh`).

I tried it again today,without specifying a shell, and now it does work.

So now I can continue setting up the machine. Thanks any and all for your time.

cfr · 2013-07-03 22:58:07

Check the shell you want to use is in /etc/shells. E.g. bash needs to be specified as /bin/bash and NOT as /usr/bin/bash even though that is the path.

madjo · 2013-07-03 23:19:43

bash is specified as /bin/bash, zsh was later (auto-)appended as /usr/bin/zsh. So that could be it.

karol · 2013-07-03 23:27:22

I think cfr meant to say you shouldn't "fix" bash path - as some users did. Unfortunately there's a bit confusion wrt which paths should be used - see this ML thread.
Some say we should keep /bin/foo for compatibility, others say that we should boldly move to /usr/bin/foo.

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#1 2013-07-03 11:57:05

Can't log in with newly created user on new install of Arch [solved]

#2 2013-07-03 12:04:03

Re: Can't log in with newly created user on new install of Arch [solved]

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Re: Can't log in with newly created user on new install of Arch [solved]

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Re: Can't log in with newly created user on new install of Arch [solved]

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Re: Can't log in with newly created user on new install of Arch [solved]

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Re: Can't log in with newly created user on new install of Arch [solved]

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Re: Can't log in with newly created user on new install of Arch [solved]

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Re: Can't log in with newly created user on new install of Arch [solved]

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