[aclug-L] Re: Login in problem...

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From the shutdown man page:


       If shutdown is called with a delay, it creates  the  advi-
       sory  file  /etc/nologin  which  causes  programs  such as
       login(1) to not  allow  new  user  logins.  Shutdown  only
       removes  this  file  if it is stopped before it can signal
       init (i.e. it is cancelled or something goes wrong).  Oth-
       erwise  it is the responsibility of the system shutdown or
       startup scripts to remove this  file  so  that  users  can
       login.

Perhaps /etc/nologin was not properly removed--try logging in as root and
see if this file still exists.  If it does, try removing it.



On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 10:47:47AM -0600, Maverick, Ven-Han Ieong wrote:
> Hi, all, 
>       I got a problem on my linux box, yesterday night, I shutdown my
> linux box in two mins as root with the command line
> /sbin/shutdown -h +2
> I ususally did
> /sbin/halt
> 
>       so, the next day when I tried to login as normal user...
> login: username
> Password: XXXXX
> The system is going down on Sun Oct 31 01:01:57 1999
> 
> Login incorrect
> 
> login: 
> 
>       I am sure my password is correct...I am not able to login as a
> normal user, I can login as root only...,and  then do a
> su user
> that is so much pain....
>       If someone has experience this and know the solution, please
> help... TIA.
> 
>                       Regards,
>                                               Mav
> 
> 

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