Problem with username/password - PC-BSD Forums

jacatone · #1 08-22-2011, 04:55 AM

Installed PC-BSD 9 without a hitch, but now it won't let me get past the username/password. Tried the ones I selected during install along with "root" and "guest", but it won't let me in. Anyone know a solution? Thanks.

Loki44 · #2 08-22-2011, 04:33 PM

Had the same problem. When I installed pcbsd during the install I used a lame password like 12345 for both root and whell user, after loging in as root run passwd root and it will alow you to change the password to whatever you like, same goes with user in whell group just run passwd username and chang it. Not sure why this happend, the installer didn't seem to like complex passwords.

kmoore134 · #3 08-22-2011, 04:36 PM

Did either of you change your keyboard layout in the installation? If
so, can you use the "test layout" box at the bottom to confirm that your
password types as expected?

Loki44 · #4 08-22-2011, 04:48 PM

I for one didn't change the keyboard layout, just took the english/U.S. default.

kmoore134 · #5 08-22-2011, 05:06 PM

Can you send me offline some details about the password you are trying
to use then? Send it to kris@pcbsd.org. I don't need the full thing,
just randomize the characters you normally use and send it over so I can
test with all of them and narrow down the issue.

mbrown · #6 11-18-2011, 03:34 PM

Hello all, I'm new to these forums. I installed pc-bsd9 in virtual box 4.1.6 on mac osx 10.6.8. I am having similar login issues. The root user is working just fine, but the regular user will not seem to recognize the password. I did change the keyboard layout during installation to english(macintosh), which may have something to do with the issue. I think its pretty common to use some special characters (egs: `, $, #, %, &, ^, |, <, >, {, }, [, ], etc), but since most or all of these have special meanings in many programming languages, they can sometimes cause issues in a password. Perhaps that's the problem.

I'll try the advice when I've got a little time of changing the keyboard layout back to the default and perhaps that will work. Else, I'll just keep trying other ways to get into it.

Just thought I'd pass on that I was having similar issues.

Ian_Robinson · #7 02-21-2012, 05:08 PM

This is a me-too post. The login screen refuses to let me log in using PCBSD 9.0-RELEASE with all updates applied.

9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #3: Tue Dec 27 14:14:29 PST 2011 root@build9x64.pcbsd.org:/usr/obj/builds/amd64/pcbsd-build90/fbsd-source/9.0/sys/GENERIC amd64

The installation was working fine since I installed it in early January 2012, but I suddenly cannot log in as user other than root. I have not changed the keyboard. The driver listed in xorg.conf is "kbd."

I know I have the correct password because after logging in as root, I can switch to a console where I can log in as the preferred non-root user with the assigned password (the same one that will not let me log in from the welcome screen).

I have tried changing the user's password via PCBSD Control Panel --> User Manager --> Select User Name --> Change Password. It did not work.

The only recent changes to the computer, which were successfully vetted as working well before this logon problem occurred, are changes to enable NFS and Samba servers by changing the following files:
/etc/exports
/etc/pf.conf
/etc/rc.conf
/etc/resolve.conf
/usr/local/etc/smb.conf

Ian Robinson
Salem, Ohio

anika200 · #8 02-02-2013, 03:44 PM

I am having this exact same issue. I am trying to resolve it now. My situation is a little worse as it will not let me log in as root. I have booted to single user mode and ran

Code:

mount -a -o rw

then

Code:

passwd

Then after entering the new root password for a second time I get a pam module error and nothing seem to have changed.

I did change/add a keyboard layout in KDE to add Dvorak and make it the default. I am running PCBSD 9.1 x64. I also may have set my root password to the same as my user password as this is a habit of mine here at home.

I want to add the exact pam module error when I get back to the box.

What should I try next to resolve this problem, boot from live usb maybe and try from there?

anika200 · #9 02-03-2013, 07:10 PM

Follow up to my own situation, maybe someone will find it helpful.

My situation deteriorated after the above post until I could not even log in as my original user I set up on install. I finally gave up and did a complete re-install making sure to give the root and original user a different password, all is functioning as expected now.

Not sure if it was a combination of the same passwords and adding another keyboard layout or what. Seems to me that having two users with same password would not cause this on its own or if would not be possible on install.

Priyadarshan · #10 06-02-2013, 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by jacatone

Installed PC-BSD 9 without a hitch, but now it won't let me get past the username/password. Tried the ones I selected during install along with "root" and "guest", but it won't let me in. Anyone know a solution? Thanks.

I have the same problem.

Installed PC-BSD Rolling Release (following directions here: http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Using_a_Rolling_Release), chose XFCE desktop, install all packages, and used, for test, root password: aaaaaaa, and user password: bbbbbbb.

At reboot, i was not able to login, both as user or root.

[Added]

I then logged in in single user mode,

Code:

mount -a -o rw

Code:

passwd

and passwd gave error:

Code:

passwd: pam_chauthtok(): error in service module

Note: if I type the correct password, the screen goes briefly black, and after about 1 second it returns to the login screen.

If a wrong passsord is typed, the login screen is immediately reloaded. It feels like something is crashing in the post-login screen.