loose root

hi there i have funny problem on my yellow dog champion 1.2
in just installed :)
i have system crash and after that
i just cant login as root or any user with uid=0 but by ssh i can login as root
and even better users with shell=/bin/false can login normally :]
any one know why it does happend?

regards

szogunek

On 8 Sep 2004 06:32:03 -0700, szogunek
<szogunek@szogunek.no-ip.com> wrote:
> hi there i have funny problem on my yellow dog champion 1.2 in just
> installed :) i have system crash and after that i just cant login as
> root or any user with uid=0 but by ssh i can login as root and even
> better users with shell=/bin/false can login normally :] any one know
> why it does happend?
>
Check /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/pam.d/* files.

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On 8 Sep 2004 06:32:03 -0700
szogunek@szogunek.no-ip.com (szogunek) wrote:

> hi there i have funny problem on my yellow dog champion 1.2
> in just installed :)
> i have system crash and after that
> i just cant login as root or any user with uid=0 but by ssh i can
> login as root and even better users with shell=/bin/false can login
> normally :] any one know why it does happend?
>
> regards
>
> szogunek

What happens if you run /bin/false as a user? Are there any signs that
/etc/group, /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow have been recently modified?

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