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Post #442,261
by boxley
11/12/22 11:46:33 PM
11/12/22 11:46:33 PM
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New stumped redhat 7.9 question
have a vm running rhel7.9 on vmware. cant login on console either as valid local user or root. get accessed denied message.
boot into single user. root password works fine.
mount / rw
check modes of password and shadow files. fine
verify pam.d/password-auth and system-auth against a known good server, fine
restorecon -R /etc few issues nothing in pam
check /etc/security/access.conf and limits.conf
nada
boot multiuser
root access denied on console
any ideas?
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #442,262
by boxley
11/13/22 1:13:43 AM
11/13/22 1:13:43 AM
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New alt sysadmin found a solution
/etc/security/limits.conf
had hard nofiles set too high
no idea why it was an issue
lowered it and logged in
hpfm
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #442,268
by scoenye
11/13/22 5:09:27 PM
11/13/22 5:09:27 PM
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New That is quite bizarre - nofiles is an upper limit
Post #442,282
by boxley
11/14/22 11:25:03 AM
11/14/22 11:25:03 AM
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New I know, shrug
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman
Post #442,271
by crazy
11/13/22 9:34:40 PM
11/13/22 9:34:40 PM
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New Oh I am so happy!
Stupid old man. I can't possibly help you. And I can't possibly care. I like being old and not caring. And the old days I'd go crazy. Trying to figure that out. In the news days. I just shrug and smile. Oh well. Not my issue.
Post #442,275
by drook
Picture of drook
11/13/22 11:05:18 PM
11/13/22 11:05:18 PM
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New That's me with windows support in particular
I work for a large company that has people for that. I'm more than happy to let them.
--

Drew
Post #442,286
by scoenye
11/14/22 9:47:36 PM
11/14/22 9:47:36 PM
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New Me too. I'm back to being a full-time developer.
     stumped redhat 7.9 question - (boxley) - (6) - Nov. 12, 2022, 11:46:33 PM EST
         alt sysadmin found a solution - (boxley) - (5) - Nov. 13, 2022, 01:13:43 AM EST
             That is quite bizarre - nofiles is an upper limit -NT - (scoenye) - (1) - Nov. 13, 2022, 05:09:27 PM EST
                 I know, shrug -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 14, 2022, 11:25:03 AM EST
             Oh I am so happy! - (crazy) - (2) - Nov. 13, 2022, 09:34:40 PM EST
                 That's me with windows support in particular - (drook) - (1) - Nov. 13, 2022, 11:05:18 PM EST
                     Me too. I'm back to being a full-time developer. -NT - (scoenye) - Nov. 14, 2022, 09:47:36 PM EST

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