On 16 February 2011 14:50, Jeff <jlar310 at gmail.com> wrote: > What does /etc/nsswitch.conf look like? Anything other than "files" > for passwd, shadow and group? If that's OK, I would start comparing > files in /etc/pam.d to a known-good system. Thanks for the info, I will look into the pam.d stuff :) cat /etc/nsswitch.conf ....SNIP..... passwd: files shadow: files group: files -- James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/ There are 10 kinds of people in the world; Those who understand Vigesimal, and J others...?