[SGVLUG] stupid newbie questions

[K. Zachary Abbott]

Thanks.

OK, tried that, and a message flashed across the screen and disappeared, 
too fast to read.
After doing this about 20 times, I finally got what I think is the full 
message:

"Authentication service unable to retrieve authentication file."



Michael Proctor-Smith wrote:
> On 5/25/06, K. Zachary Abbott <kzabbott at mypcbiz.com> wrote:
>> Sorry - this is still new to me so I'm not as specific as I might be,
>> because I don't know the options!
>>
>> So, what I changed was:
>>
>> /etc/sysconfig/network, which reads:
>> NETWORKING=yes
>> HOSTNAME=myhost.mydomain.com
>> GATEWAY=192.168.227.254
>>
>> and
>>
>> /etc/hosts, which now reads:
>> 127.0.0.1   localhost at localdomain.com
>> 192.168.227.10 myhost.mydomain.com
>>
>> I am trying enter a username and password via the GUI.
>> When I use root and the root password, I get in just fine.
>> When I try to use any other username/password combination I get an
>> "Authentication Failure" pop-up box, even with a newly created user.
>>
>> If I try to use SSH to access  the box from the command line with any
>> other user than root, I am unable to connect.
>>
>> I hope that's a bit more clear...
>
> That's OK that is how you learn. I usually have my hostname resolve to
> the loopback(127.0.0.1) just in case some daemon is not lessening to
> the public address. Have you tried strate command line locally
> CTRL-ALT-F1 to get a virtual terminal, then try one of your users.
> CTRL-ALT-F7 to get back to X-windows. My only thought is that X is
> trying to connect to your outside address, to authenticate.
>
>
>

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