Solved Unable to locally log in as root.

[No_root_user_]

So, I have run into a slight issue. I am no longer able to log in as a root user locally on my bsd box. I have tried passwd, pw, and changed my login.config file to match the groups/classes, and, still no luck. The only way i can log in is through single user mode. I have not set up jails yet, because I am still looking for a few decent tutorials on them.

The pam error I am getting is pam_acct_mgmt auth error. I do not understand this error, as from what I am seeing I am one of the few to encounter this, any suggestions would be greatly appriciated.

 

[ralphbsz]

Do you get any other error messages? Can you cut and paste the exact error message? Most likely, you already gave us all the information, with "pam_acct_mgmt auth" error.

Can you still su or sudo? You did set that up, like a good FreeBSD admin, right?

Please post the output of "ls -l" on the following files in /etc/: passwd, master.passwd, and groups. And then run "grep root" on all three files, and post the output here, HOWEVER PLEASE REMOVE THE ENCRYPTED PASSWORD from master.passwd: that's the part marked with "xxx" in the following example line, between the first and second ":"

root:xxx:0:0::0:0:House C. Superuser:/root:/bin/csh

Also post the output of "ls -l" and the content of the following files from directory /etc/pam.d: login, passwd and system. Don't worry, none of them contain passwords (neither cleartext nor encrypted).

 

[No_root_user_]

Do you get any other error messages? Can you cut and paste the exact error message? Most likely, you already gave us all the information, with "pam_acct_mgmt auth" error.

Can you still su or sudo? You did set that up, like a good FreeBSD admin, right?

Please post the output of "ls -l" on the following files in /etc/: passwd, master.passwd, and groups. And then run "grep root" on all three files, and post the output here, HOWEVER PLEASE REMOVE THE ENCRYPTED PASSWORD from master.passwd: that's the part marked with "xxx" in the following example line, between the first and second ":"

root:xxx:0:0::0:0:House C. Superuser:/root:/bin/csh

Also post the output of "ls -l" and the content of the following files from directory /etc/pam.d: login, passwd and system. Don't worry, none of them contain passwords (neither cleartext nor encrypted).

I solved my issue, did a fresh install of bsd. Set all passwords to blowfish, 20. Didnt have too much on the box that it cannot be replaced. Thank you for the reply my friend.