Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 09:13:16 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Peter Olsson <pol@leissner.se> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm being locked out although password is fine! Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971103091251.11096a-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19971103102513.006f7068@lda>
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This for the root account? Sounds to me like you are either accidentally changing it - OR - someone is playing a trick on you. On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Peter Olsson wrote: > I'm running a lot of FreeBSD:s and in one of them (2.2.1-RELEASE) > I get locked out now and then. > > The machine refuses to accept my login although nothing has > changed in /etc (ls -lt shows no recent changes). > > I has come to the very irritating point that I have to have > two logins on this machine so I can enter with my second > login, do su, and change password on my first login. After I > change password (to what it already is or should be!) everything > works fine again. > > Yesterday I was locked out, changed password, did one ftp > and one telnet to the machine and the next time I tried > ftp I was locked out again. Only a few minutes after I > changed my password!!! > > This has only ever happenend to me on this machine and > it only happens to this login. > > This is very strange, is there some explanation to this? > > Thanks for your time! > > Peter Olsson pol@leissner.se >
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