Question about passwd file

[Michael.Mulholland () dfpni gov uk]

folks,

i'm still relatively inexperienced in this field but here goes!

I can log onto my snort box from PuTTy on port 22 with my root password but
when i try it locally i get denied

i have checked the keyboard on the box is UK using the setup command and
even added an account to the /etc/passwd file as root user but when i try
to logon as the new user i get an access denied both locally and remotely

root has rw control to the passwd file and when i vi/etc/passwd i can see
the new account is held there.

any one any ideas on how i can access the box locally or check further to
see if the keyboard or locale is the problem?

thanks to anyone who takes the time to respond
michael mulholland




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