/etc/passwd problem resolved

[Derek Martin]

Quoting Scott Ehrlich <se at panix.com>:

> closer look at the entries in each, and tried to simply remove my manual
> entry from /etc/passwd and just use useradd to have myself added.  Once
> that was done, I was able to log in.

I didn't follow this thread, but did anyone mention pwck?  It verifies
each entry in the password file and tells you (usually) what is wrong with
any bad entries.

:)

-- 
Derek Martin
Senior System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
martin at MissionCriticalLinux.com 

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