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vitaliytest100

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Registered: 2020-09-02

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[SOLVED] Login incorrect after update

Hey, I've been using arch since 2017, now after last update, I can't login, after entering the password tty says 'Login incorrect'. I tried to add new user from live, but it did not help, also passwords remains old in live. Any ideas ?

Last edited by vitaliytest100 (2020-09-02 06:14:29)

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 76,079

Re: [SOLVED] Login incorrect after update

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 2#p1922862

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mattalexx

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2012-08-03

Posts: 13

Re: [SOLVED] Login incorrect after update

For me, I had this problem after accidentally removing my user's shell from /etc/shells. Weird error message, but it might be a generic "Login Incorrect" error for security reasons. Could be something more like "Unavailable shell".

aleck099

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Registered: 2019-07-25

Posts: 9

Re: [SOLVED] Login incorrect after update

For me, I had this problem after accidentally removing my user's shell from /etc/shells. Weird error message, but it might be a generic "Login Incorrect" error for security reasons. Could be something more like "Unavailable shell".

pacman creates a file /etc/shells.pacnew when upgrading. If you simply replace /etc/shells with that new file, you will encounter this problem

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

Posts: 20,643

Re: [SOLVED] Login incorrect after update

Closing this old thread.

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