Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 18:40:52 -0600 From: "Micheal Patterson" <micheal@tsgincorporated.com> To: "Trey Sizemore" <trey@fastmail.fm> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't login to machine any more! Message-ID: <bf0901c3ccdb$41064560$0201a8c0@dredster> References: <3FEE1F5F.2040203@fastmail.fm> <befd01c3ccd9$41b81b20$0201a8c0@dredster> <3FEE2679.5030101@fastmail.fm>
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----- 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
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