Hello, /etc/passwd does not store the password, a hashed version of the password is stored in /etc/shadow If the directory isn't being mounted, can you please post the contents of /etc/fstab ? You can also check dmesg and journalctl to see if you have messages relating to the mounting of the /home/ partition On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 2:25 PM, message wrote:

Readers,

A previously existing /home directory was mounted into the file system during the installation process; this directory contained files in a directory 'a'.

A user was created from the root user account:

useradd -M -p [password] -s /bin/bash [username'a']

After reboot, the system is restarted as root because the user 'a' is stated to not exist. The command 'cat /etc/passwd' reveals a password 'x', but this is not the password that was entered.

How to solve this error?

Op 17 mrt. 2014 19:25 schreef "message" het volgende:

Readers,

A previously existing /home directory was mounted into the file system

during the installation process; this directory contained files in a directory 'a'.

A user was created from the root user account:

useradd -M -p [password] -s /bin/bash [username'a']

After reboot, the system is restarted as root because the user 'a' is

stated to not exist. The command 'cat /etc/passwd' reveals a password 'x', but this is not the password that was entered.

How to solve this error?

My first guess would be that the newly created user has no permissions on "his" homedirectory. A quick ls -l /home should reveal this. mvg, Guus

On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 06:25:22PM +0000, message wrote:

Readers,

A previously existing /home directory was mounted into the file system during the installation process; this directory contained files in a directory 'a'.

A user was created from the root user account:

useradd -M -p [password] -s /bin/bash [username'a']

After reboot, the system is restarted as root because the user 'a' is stated to not exist. The command 'cat /etc/passwd' reveals a password 'x', but this is not the password that was entered.

How to solve this error?

Log in as `root` on your system, then 1. Since you have `/home` on a separate partition, check that it is properly mounted # mount | grep home 2. Check the ownership of a's home directory # ls -lh /home a's home directory should show up as being owned by a, with the group being a (unless you've modified /etc/login.defs, but if you have you already know what the group should be). 3. Check that the user is set up properly # su <username> That should let you become your created user. 4. Change the password for a # passwd a 5. Try to log in as a again. That's all I can think of at the moment. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: magnus@therning.org jabber: magnus@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term. -- Alan Kay