Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 09:27:27 -0500 From: Trey Sizemore <trey@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't login to machine any more! Message-ID: <3FEEE84F.80900@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <3922.24.225.162.3.1072592615.squirrel@mail.webaries.com> References: <3FEE1F5F.2040203@fastmail.fm><befd01c3ccd9$41b81b20$0201a8c0@dredster> <3FEE2679.5030101@fastmail.fm> <bf0901c3ccdb$41064560$0201a8c0@dredster> <3922.24.225.162.3.1072592615.squirrel@mail.webaries.com>
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Matt Juszczak wrote: >Maybe you can find something here? > >http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2001-July/msg00170.html > > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Trey Sizemore" <trey@fastmail.fm> >>To: "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com> >>Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >>Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:40 PM >>Subject: Re: Can't login to machine any more! >> >> >> >> >>>Micheal Patterson wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "Trey Sizemore" <trey@fastmail.fm> >>>>To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> >>>>Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:10 PM >>>>Subject: Can't login to machine any more! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Just recently I can no longer login to my machine. When I get to the >>>>> >>>>> >>>gdm >>> >>> >>>>>screen and enter my username and password I get: >>>>> >>>>>"The system administrator has disabled your account." >>>>> >>>>>This happens with both my normal account and THE ROOT ACCOUNT! >>>>> >>>>>Is this recoverable and, if so, how? >>>>> >>>>>Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>You should be able to boot up in single user mode and correct this >>>> >>>> >>problem. >> >> >>>>I'm not sure what would cause it though. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Logged into single user mode and ran: >>> >>>#grep root /etc/passwd >>> >>>It showed the shell to be /bin/sh >>> >>>Did a reboot and tried to login with gdm again and got the same message. >>> >>> >>Sorry, missed the gdm part. Thought you were locked out of shell. >> >>-- >> >>Micheal Patterson >>Network Administration >>TSG Incorporated >>405-917-0600 >> >> >> >> > > > Yeah, I ran across this with a google search yesterday. I found that the account expiration dates for all my accounts were set to December 1969 somehow. Changing this fixed it, but I was having some other issues regarding logging in and out with X that were still unresolved, so I'm in the process now of doing a fresh install. Thanks for the info, everyone!
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