[arch-general] new arch installation: user login not possible on virtual console

[Karol Blazewicz]

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Evgeniy Alekseev <darkarcanis at mail.ru> wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 September 2013 13:54:18 Friedrich Strohmaier wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> this is the first time writing to  this list so first: hello to all.
>>
>> I'm a quite happy user of arch-linux since december last year, and up to now
>> I managed to solve all tasks and difficulties using the rtfm button. ;o))
>>
>> Now installing a further box (x86) I get this strange behaviour never met
>> during ~15 years of linux usage:
>>
>> After setting up a new user I cannot login to it's account on the virtual
>> console.
>>
>> I get:
>>
>> Login incorrect
>>
>> No matter whether password is set or not
>>
>> # passwd -S <user>:
>> <user> P ... # password set
>> <user> NP ... # password not set
>>
>> login as root works with and without password set (both times unset by
>> deleting the /etc/shadow passwd entry).
>>
>> this also occured on another box currently installed - latter one a x86_64
>>
>> user was added through
>>
>> # useradd -m -g <group> <user>
>>
>> password was set through
>>
>> # passwd user
>>
>> changing user from root via sudo or su works, as does login via xdm.
>> login via lxdm and gdm doesn't, if that is of any help.
>>
>> If I do the same on my box writing this mail from (x86_64 - all updates
>> included) everything works as expected.
>>
>> Couldn't find anything at the bugtracker.
>>
>> Before digging deeper my question:
>> Any known issues or ideas on that?
>>
>>
>> Friedrich
>
> Hi!
>
> Do you have zsh as default shell? If it does, try to change path to the shell
> from /bin/zsh to /usr/bin/zsh. It may also be necessary for bash as default
> shell. I observed a similar error after moving binaries from /bin.
> --
> С уважением, Е.Алексеев.
> Sincerely yours, E.Alekseev.
>
> e-mail: darkarcanis at mail.ru
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This has already been fixed: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/35724