Can't login as non-root

[vialaspada]

Recently I can't login as non-root users.

- The gui login no longer works.

- At the text login prompt, attempting a non-root login returns the same prompt.

- Some sort of message flashes.

- I can make out "last login" text, and then something that looks to be about my home directory

- Intentionally using a bad pass/user still gives an error message.

- I can login as root (then issue "startx")

- After logging in as root, <ctrl><alt><f#> and attempting login as non-root gives rise to the same situation as explained above.

- Permissions:

0755 for /home

0700 for /home/<userid>

0755 for /usr

1777 for /tmp

0755 for /var

- Contents of /var/log/secure:

<time-stamp> localhost login: pam_unix(login:session): session opened for <userid> by LOGIN(uid=0)
<time-stamp> localhost login: LOGIN ON tty# BY <userid>
<time-stamp> localhost login: pam_unix(login:session): session closed for user <userid>

- I do not have an /etc/nologin file

Any ideas? I'm baffled. =/

Can post any other info if needed.

[rong]

Can you add a new user?
Try adduser to see if that works OK. Some distros do not include 'adduser' so instead use useradd. You can man useradd if you need help on how to use it.