Re: Login not possible after upgrade fom Fedora Xfce version 40 to version 41

[Go Canes]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 9:43 AM Meikel  wrote:
> Nov 14 01:30:09 meikel-pc unix_chkpwd[1505]: check pass; user unknown
> Nov 14 01:34:49 meikel-pc unix_chkpwd[1522]: check pass; user unknown
> Nov 14 01:34:49 meikel-pc unix_chkpwd[1522]: password check failed for
> user (meikel)

Start with the fundamentals.....

ls -l /etc/passwd /etc/shadow

Are the permissions correct?

grep meikel /etc/passwd /etc/shadow

Is the user present in both files?

If the above looks good, try adding a new user and see if you can
login as that user.