[ale] Console Craziness

[Gary Maltzen]

Since you can SSH in, we can rule out a shell in /etc/passwd that is not
in /etc/shells

Did you check /etc/hosts.allow to see if it allows LOCAL logins

Is there a /var/log/secure file? If so, does it give a clue?

>Late last night I was forced to reboot a DNS server running Linux 2.2.12
>remotely. I get into the office this morning and tried to hook a keyboard 
>up to it and, of course, the keyboard didn't function. I rebooted the box
>again with a monitor and keyboard attached to it so I could do some
>console work. Now from the console whatever login/password combination I
>try gives me a Login Incorrect error, the strange part is that I can still 
>ssh in using the same logins. I've tried everything. Caps Locks, Num 
>Locks, I've typed all the password letters into the Login: prompt to make 
>sure that the letters on the keyboard work. What could it possibly be? 

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