Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 09:27:25 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: Peter Olsson <pol@leissner.se> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I'm being locked out although password is fine! Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971104092654.1342T-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19971104095106.00711c18@lda>
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That doesnt make any sense. If setting lets you in, then someone or something is unsetting it on your again. On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Peter Olsson wrote: > Thanks for your reply! > > This is not for the root account, this is for my user-account. > > I'm definitely not accidentally changing it and I am pretty > sure nobody is playing a trick on me. The last time this happened > it was only a few minutes between two lock-outs (see below) > and when I checked with "last", nobody had been in the machine > except me. > > Also I checked with "ls -lt" in /etc and nothing was changed > recently, that is all passwd-files and pwd-files were untouched > since my last password-change. > > Peter Olsson pol@leissner.se > > 10:18 1997-11-03 -0800 Steve Hovey wrote: > >This for the root account? Sounds to me like you are either accidentally > >changing it - OR - someone is playing a trick on you. > > > >On Mon, 3 Nov 1997, Peter Olsson wrote: > > > >> I'm running a lot of FreeBSD:s and in one of them (2.2.1-RELEASE) > >> I get locked out now and then. > >> > >> The machine refuses to accept my login although nothing has > >> changed in /etc (ls -lt shows no recent changes). > >> > >> I has come to the very irritating point that I have to have > >> two logins on this machine so I can enter with my second > >> login, do su, and change password on my first login. After I > >> change password (to what it already is or should be!) everything > >> works fine again. > >> > >> Yesterday I was locked out, changed password, did one ftp > >> and one telnet to the machine and the next time I tried > >> ftp I was locked out again. Only a few minutes after I > >> changed my password!!! > >> > >> This has only ever happenend to me on this machine and > >> it only happens to this login. > >> > >> This is very strange, is there some explanation to this? > >> > >> Thanks for your time! > >> > >> Peter Olsson pol@leissner.se > >> > > >
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