OpenSuSE 10.2 Login Loop

btraven · 09-05-2007, 12:30 AM

I am having very random problems logging into my existing OpenSuSE 10.2 OS.

Periodically I will be unable to login in as one of my regular users. When I attempt the login it appears to almost take the credentials. However it just rolls right back to the initial splash screen. Sort of a login loop. I cannot think of anything I've changed that may have caused this. I've seen this strange behavior twice now.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

btraven
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Albator · 09-25-2008, 04:05 AM

Hi btraven,

I recently had this on one of my boxes. No login possible even with root account.
Turns out it was a problem with LDAP authentication. You don't say how you are setup but this may be of use:
I had to boot to run level1 and edit nsswitch.conf so that it only looked for local logins. Restarting the machine then allowed me to login as root to troubleshoot.

If this sounds like it might help I can give you more details...

Hope this is of some use,

Albator.

09-05-2007, 12:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
btraven Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 OS: OpenSuSE 10.2	OpenSuSE 10.2 Login Loop I am having very random problems logging into my existing OpenSuSE 10.2 OS. Periodically I will be unable to login in as one of my regular users. When I attempt the login it appears to almost take the credentials. However it just rolls right back to the initial splash screen. Sort of a login loop. I cannot think of anything I've changed that may have caused this. I've seen this strange behavior twice now. Any thoughts? Thanks btraven -If you wrap yourself in cellophane can everyone clearly see you're nuts? - Confessions of a dangerous mind.

09-25-2008, 04:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Albator Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 OS: RHEL 5, Fedora, CentOS, WinXP, Vista	Re: OpenSuSE 10.2 Login Loop Hi btraven, I recently had this on one of my boxes. No login possible even with root account. Turns out it was a problem with LDAP authentication. You don't say how you are setup but this may be of use: I had to boot to run level1 and edit nsswitch.conf so that it only looked for local logins. Restarting the machine then allowed me to login as root to troubleshoot. If this sounds like it might help I can give you more details... Hope this is of some use, Albator.