can only login as root

[Thomas Cameron]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sean darcy" <seandarcy at hotmail.com>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 11:31 AM
Subject: can only login as root


> I'm running fc3 - with the released updates. I have two user accounts - 
> system and mythtv. For both of them, when I login - init 3 - I just get 
> returned to the login prompt.  No error message about the password.  I can 
> login as root.
>
> /var/log/messages shows:
> session opened for  user mythtv by LOGIN(uid=0)
>
> same for system ( also for root).
>
> I've rest the passwords for both users - though that doesn't seem to be 
> the problem anyhow.
>
> If I do login as root, I can't su to a user and startx because I don't 
> "own" the console.
>
> sean

Just for grins, rename /home/mythtv to /home/mythtv.old, then userdel 
mythtv, then useradd mythtv, then passwd mythtv and see if you can log in?

Thomas