Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 20:34:14 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Benjamin Tomhave <tomhavbe@martin.luther.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP!!! Message-ID: <199605080334.UAA10250@Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 May 1996 22:31:48 CDT." <Pine.HPP.3.92.960507223058.9032A-100000@martin.luther.edu>
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>On Tue, 7 May 1996, David Greenman wrote: > >> > >> >System: IBM pentium running FreeBSD 2.1 >> >Problem: Up until 15-20 minutes ago, all was fine. Now, all of a sudden, >> >nobody can login from anywhere but the x-login on my 4th virtual console. >> >I can't even login as anybody on one of the other 3 virtual consoles!!!!!! >> >There are no signs of attack or anything. The password file appears to be >> >fine. The group file appears to be fine. The database me be messed up, >> >but I don't know how to check it. I need help on this ASAP, and that >> >means hopefully tonight!! I've got users depending on this machine and >> >I've never seen a problem like this before -ever-!!! What has happened???? >> >Help!!! Please!!! >> >> You didn't mention what happens when you try to log in. If it just hangs, >> this might be caused by a nameserver being down. >> >It prompts for login, you enter it. It prompts for passwd, you enter. It >tells you "Login incorrect." THis is for anybody and everybody through >everything except ftp and x-console. Sounds like the symbolic link for the libcrypt shared library has changed and passwords are assumed to be DES instead of MD5 or vice-versa. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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