Re: Question about passwd file

[twig les <twigles () yahoo com>]

--- Michael.Mulholland () dfpni gov uk wrote:
> folks,
>
> i'm still relatively inexperienced in this field but here
> goes!
>
> I can log onto my snort box from PuTTy on port 22 with my root
> password but
> when i try it locally i get denied
>
> i have checked the keyboard on the box is UK using the setup
> command and
> even added an account to the /etc/passwd file as root user but
> when i try
> to logon as the new user i get an access denied both locally
> and remotely
>
> root has rw control to the passwd file and when i
> vi/etc/passwd i can see
> the new account is held there.
>
> any one any ideas on how i can access the box locally or check
> further to
> see if the keyboard or locale is the problem?
>
> thanks to anyone who takes the time to respond
> michael mulholland

This is horrifically off-topic for this list, you are looking
for general hardware troubleshooting and basic configuration
help for your OS, which you didn't even mention the name of. 
Every Linux I know of has its own mailing list, try there.

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