[CentOS] did CentOS x86 5.3 migrate to another hard drive, but console login keeps prompting even with correct password

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choyaumeshu schrieb:
> first time poster here - hello everyone
> 
> 
> I started out with CentOS x86 5.3 with the following partitions on my
> source hard drive:
> /dev/hdc1    swap
> /dev/hdc2    /
> 
> 
> I did the following to migrate my CentOS box to the destination hard drive:
> 1. boot up with CentOS 5.3 livecd in rescue mode
> 2. partition destination hard drive (/dev/hdd)
>     /dev/hdd1    swap
>     /dev/hdd2    /
> 3. create the filesystem on the destination hard drive
>     mke2fs -j /dev/hdd2
>     mkswap /dev/hdd1
> 4. mount partitions and then copied files from /dev/hdc2 to /dev/hdd2
>     mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt/aa
>     mount /dev/hdd2 /mnt/bb
>     cd /mnt/aa
>     tar --one-file-system -cf - . | tar -xpf - -C /mnt/bb
> 5. modify /boot/grub/menu.lst on both /dev/hdc2 and /dev/hdd2
> 6. modify /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab
> 7. umount partitions
> 8. run grub
> 9. reboot out of rescue mode
> 
> 
> The original system still boots up fine and I am able to login. The new
> system which is supposedly a copy of the original system seems to boot
> up fine (everything had green OK), but I have problems at the login
> prompt. If I login with incorrect password, I get a message telling me
> that login is incorrect. If I try to login with the correct password,
> the system seems to accept the password, but then prompts me again to
> login, and it keeps doing this when I continually try to login.
> 
> 
> additional info:
> 1. can boot up system in single user mode
> 2. sshd is up but can't ssh in even with correct password
> here's the output (i modified the user name and the ip address)
> ssh -l user1 ipaddress
> user1 at ipaddress's password:
> /bin/bash: Permission denied
> Connection to ipaddress closed.
> 
> 
> I'm sorry if this has already been addressed in the forums/mailinglists,
> but my attempted search didn't show me anything fruitful. Also, I'd
> don't want to use dd, and I would prefer not to use partimage. Your help
> will be appreciated and thanks for reading this far.
> 
> 
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