Re: [webmin-l] usermin error 500

[Obantec S. <su...@ob...>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamie Cameron" <jca...@we...>
To: <web...@li...>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [webmin-l] usermin error 500


> On 8/May/2006 13:40 Obantec Support wrote ..
> > Hi
> >
> > i have 1 user who reports he cannot access usermin
> >
> > he sees the login page , enters his details but gets error 500 back.
> >
> > my logs show
> >
> > "May  8 17:27:04 proteus2 usermin(pam_unix)[7476]: authentication
failure;
> > logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty= ruser= rhost=  user=sheffiel"
> >
> > where sheffiel is the user in question. non of my other users report a
> > problem, and i can login via webmin to his usermin account.
>
> Are you sure he is logging in with the correct password? And that his
password
> hasn't expired?
>
>  - Jamie
>
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Hi Jamie

yes he is using same password as i use to get in. only error i have ever
seen usermin throw up is 403 after around 5 attempts with mixed passwords.

Mark