gdm/PAM won't log in

Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au
Wed Jan 2 12:41:38 EST 2002


Hello all,

I have just got back from a month off and my desktop
Debian machine won't let me log in via gdm.

I can remotely log in, stop gdm, then log in locally and
start X manually. But if I use any good username/passwd at
the GDM login screen (including root), nothing happens except:

auth.log says:
	PAM_unix[4530]: authentication failure; <uid=0> -> **unknown** for gdm service
	gdm[4530]: Couldn't authenticate antti

I have tried a few things including resetting the password,
restarting gdm, looking at pam.d/gdm, frobbing init and in
desperation, rebooting. No cigar.

Any other ideas?

TIA,

Antti






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