[P1] Unexplained Log Out

[Gary D. Adams]

Allen: Thanks, we'll give it a try later today. He was up all night, 
backing stuff up to an 80gb hd I bought him for Christmas; so it will be 
a while before he's awake.

Gary

Allan Hise wrote:

>If he's the only user, you may have to deal with the command line to get
>this to work. If he has remote login turned on, ssh to the machine from
>your clamshell. Otherwise, boot into single user mode.
>
>I suggest creating a new user, using the niload command.
>First, use pico to create a file:
>
>	pico new_user_file
>
>This starts pico with an empty document. TYpe in:
>
>test:*:701:20::0:0:Test Account:/Users/test:/bin/tcsh
>
>Make sure there is a return at the end. Type ctrl-x to finish up. You will
>get a prompt asking if you want to save. Of course you do!
>The next step  will set up a new user with the "short name" test.
>
>	cat new_user_file | sudo niload passwd .
>
>The "sudo" part is not needed if you are in single-user mode. You will be
>asked to type in your password before the command can complete.
>
>Next, give the test user a password so you can log in with it.
>
>	sudo passwd test
>
>Again, sudo isn't needed in single user mode. If you waited more than 5
>minutes between this command and the last, you will need to type yout
>admin password again. Otherwise, just follow the directions.
>
>Finally, you need a home directory.
>
>	sudo mkdir /Users/test
>
>Same sudo warnings as before.
>
>Reboot the machine. There should be a "Test Account" login now.
>
>If you can log in there, you know that it is just something in your normal
>account causing problems. If you can't log in, then there is something
>more serious.
>
>Allan
>
>
>
>On Sat, 3 Jan 2004, Gary Adams wrote:
>
>  
>
>>My son has a dual USB iBook, running 10.2.6 or 10.2.8--not sure. He
>>just had a strange problem. The machine froze. After restarting, he
>>logged in (he's the only user listed) and after his screen icons and
>>dock showed up, the machine logged him out. This happened several
>>times. We reset the power manager. Same thing. Then we booted in Safe
>>Mode. Same thing. Then we ran fsck-y and it said the disk was fine.
>>Same thing on reboot. Then we booted from my clamshell and I deleted
>>the .plist file for log in. Same thing.
>>
>>Any clues as to what's going on? This is bizarre.
>>
>>Gary
>>
>>
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