Login authentication failure

[develfedora]

I have fedora 16 installed
When i am trying to login from gui it shows authentication failure
When tried to login from terminal using ctrl+alt+f2 it is login succesfully to terminal
than added a new user from terminal and tried to login graphically with newly user created it succesfully

Can anyone tell why i am not able to login graphically from old account when i can login from it into terminal ?
Can steps to fix this problem ?
thanks in advance.

[mprabhu]

i am facing the same issue when tried to authenticate as root user through gui.
whereas i am able to do it thru terminal(su).

anyone has any suggestion..

[lightman47]

That is intentional. You should not be running as root; use SU to make necessary changes. That said, if you comment out the line ending in "!= root" from each of the two files /etc/pam.d/gdm and /etc/pam.d/gdm-password, you'll be able to hose your system more easily.

[mprabhu]

oh! thank you

[develfedora]

any suggestion for my problem.........?

[develfedora]

No suggestions

[lightman47]

Read my response above if your problem is that you are unable to login as root via the gui!

[this213]

Originally Posted by lightman47

you'll be able to hose your system more easily.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! Classic. I'm not sure which is better, this quote or that he thanked you for helping him hose his system.

develfedora, If you're talking about an old "normal" user, you've probably got conflicting configs that your newer desktop doesn't know how to handle. Try removing applicable old dotfiles (like .Xclients) and dotdirs (like .config), then try to log in again. These files are under /home/yourusername/.whatever in case you don't know.

By the way, Gnome 3 sux (just taking the opportunity to point that out, thanks)

[develfedora]

thanks for reply i am talking about old user.

[ducbkhn]

I am using fedora 14.
Today, When i am trying login on fedora, it shows authentication failure.
I entered the correct password,sure!
When tried to login using ctrl+alt+f2 it is failure,too.
Help me!!! Thanks.

[AshiOni]

Originally Posted by ducbkhn

I am using fedora 14.
Today, When i am trying login on fedora, it shows authentication failure.
I entered the correct password,sure!
When tried to login using ctrl+alt+f2 it is failure,too.
Help me!!! Thanks.

I'm having the exact same problem. As the fedora instance in question is a VM I can see it rebooted on the 18th for an unknown reason. When I went to turn it back on I can no longer access the system using the correct password at the gui or via the command line. SSH no longer seems to be available either. I know my username and password is correct.

I do run full disk encryption as this system is used for business. Not sure if that matters or not.

Thank you in advance for any help you might be able to supply.