Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 18:16:40 +0100 From: Peter Olsson <pol@leissner.se> To: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I'm being locked out although password is fine! Message-ID: <3.0.32.19971104181640.00731968@lda>
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Exactly! I don't think it makes any sense either. So my question is what could be doing this? I think we can rule out "someone", so I'm left with "something". I think FreeBSD is doing this to me. Peter Olsson 09:27 1997-11-04 -0500 Steve Hovey wrote: > >That doesnt make any sense. If setting lets you in, then someone or >something is unsetting it on your again. > >On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Peter Olsson wrote: > >> Thanks for your reply! >> >> This is not for the root account, this is for my user-account. >> >> I'm definitely not accidentally changing it and I am pretty >> sure nobody is playing a trick on me. The last time this happened >> it was only a few minutes between two lock-outs (see below) >> and when I checked with "last", nobody had been in the machine >> except me. >> >> Also I checked with "ls -lt" in /etc and nothing was changed >> recently, that is all passwd-files and pwd-files were untouched >> since my last password-change. >> >> Peter Olsson pol@leissner.se >> >> 10:18 1997-11-03 -0800 Steve Hovey wrote: >> >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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