HELP! Users can't log

[Paul Jackson]

In article <9009271607.AA21257 at focci01.wirz.cigy>, deyrau at ciba-geigy.ch (Dipl agr
Veronique Eyraud) writes:
|> 
|> I can log on the machine as root, butanybody else gets thrown away.
|> No explanation in the console or SYSLOG.
|> I have checked
|> 	the password file (yp used successfuly on another machine)
|> 	the login directories are there and accessible
|> 	the /etc/cshrc, .cshrc and .login (we are running the csh)

1) Does logining in NOGRAPHICS work?  To try it, place the word
   NOGRAPHICS after your login id, as in:

		login: joeblow NOGRAPHICS

2) Check that each file known to /etc/getty and /bin/login seem ok.
   To see what files these commands know of, as root run the command

		strings - /etc/getty /bin/login | grep / > sometempfile

   Then for each path listed in `sometempfile', examine the named file,
   perhaps comparing it with the similar file on a working machine.
   Do the permissions, sizes, and (if directory or text file) contents
   seem similar or reasonable?

3) If inquiring further about this, let us know what release.
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				Thanks, take care ...
				Paul Jackson (pj at asd.sgi.com), x1373