Authentication Failed

[allen4all]

Hello everyone,

I was trying to install winbind on a RHEL5 machine and I had to reboot the RHEL machine. When it came back up, I'm not able to log in as root or any other user.

When I use root and give a random password, it says invalid username or password but when I use the correct password, I get an Authentication failed pop up box (under GUI). SSh window says invalid password for random passwords and the SSH window disappears when I type in the right password.

Can you please let me know if I can somehow get back in by stopping any of the services. I tried stopping winbind but that didn't help.

Thanks in advance.
Cheers!!!
Al

[Rubberman]

Well, doesn't winbind make the system use Windows servers for user authentication? How did you log in to stop the winbind service?

[HROAdmin26]

The nsswitch.conf file is the first place to look for what authentication methods are being used and in what order. Google nsswitch.conf.

Boot from a recovery CD or LiveCD and edit nsswitch.conf to remove winbind or change the order that winbind is selected.

[allen4all]

@ Rubberman

I used the interactive boot option and stopped the service from starting.

Didn't help though

@HROadmin26

I will try using the boot CD and change the winbind option on the file. Will keep you posted.

Its a work machine and i can't get remote access till Monday.. frustrating when you want to try troubleshooting remotely!!!


Thanks a ton.
Cheers
Al