>OK Just moved from 4.0 to 5.1 and I've hit some quick snags. After adding
>a couple aliases to my /etc/profile (alias ls= ls -color, etc.) I can only
>log in as root. No other account works, not my personal or my ppp account.
> I don't understand it. I've tried "passwd eric" and all "tokens are
>updated successfully" but login under that username still fails. I've even
>deleted it and reinstated it. What gives?
>
>One other minor annoyance. When I do login as root, a message appears
>proclaiming that the system is going down on "Xtime" (the last time I
>issued a shutdown -h command as root). I've found the file, /etc/nologin,
>and I can edit it manually, but I can't stop it from reappearing? Who is
>writing to this file, and how do I turn it off?
>
>Thanks in advance.....
>
>Eric Cifreo ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
Try logging in as root, and run "shutdown -c" to cancel the shutdown that
is somehow still pending. (I am not sure how it happened, but it looks
loke the system thinks it is in the process of shutting down.) This
should erase the /etc/nologin file. When the /etc/nologin file exhists,
only root can log in. This is to prevent normal users from logging in
while the system is shutting down. You should have gotten a message
saying that the system was shutting down when you tryied to log in as
a normal user.
Let me know if this does the trick.
Mikkel L. Ellertson
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