[kennedy]

I have a PowerMac running OS X Server 10.2.6.
I have an iMac running OS X Client 10.2.6.
All my users are defined on the server and automounted.

This was working fine up to two nights ago... electrical storm came along... I ran and shutdown everything, but right before the server shutdown, power went out. When I later brought it back up, all the netinfo data had been trashed. Sooo, I simply did a clean re-install of OS X Server.

The Server is now working fine.

When you try to login to the iMac, it is able to authenticate... it knows if you put in proper username and password. But then it makes some more checks and puts up a dialog that says:

You cannot log into this computer.
You are not authorized to log into this computer.
Contact your system administrator for help. [OK]

Huh?? I double checked the server settings... in AFS Guest Access is enabled as are Secure Connections.

What more is there? What have I forgotten?
Or do I need to do a third re-install and hope it magically gets fixed?

Please help? Any ideas welcome!

[mikesch1]

Try deleting, and re entering, the custom search policy in directory access on the client.

Also you set the server to provide login info to toher computers in directory setup assistant, right?

Mike

[kennedy]

Originally posted by mikesch1:
Try deleting, and re entering, the custom search policy in directory access on the client.

Also you set the server to provide login info to toher computers in directory setup assistant, right?

Yes I did... and the server is indeed giving the login info to my other computer... if I type the wrong password it shake... if I type the right one, then it begins the login process... but then it stops and gives the dialog I mentioned above.

Thus, its some other value or allowance that is set wrong. At first I thought it was the "Enable guest access" flag in AFS (if not set, then you can login but you don't get your home directory)... but that is indeed on.

What check would it be doing here? Any ideas welcome.

[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by kennedy:
I have a PowerMac running OS X Server 10.2.6.
I have an iMac running OS X Client 10.2.6.
All my users are defined on the server and automounted.

This was working fine up to two nights ago... electrical storm came along... I ran and shutdown everything, but right before the server shutdown, power went out. When I later brought it back up, all the netinfo data had been trashed. Sooo, I simply did a clean re-install of OS X Server.

The Server is now working fine.

When you try to login to the iMac, it is able to authenticate... it knows if you put in proper username and password. But then it makes some more checks and puts up a dialog that says:

You cannot log into this computer.
You are not authorized to log into this computer.
Contact your system administrator for help. [OK]

Huh?? I double checked the server settings... in AFS Guest Access is enabled as are Secure Connections.

What more is there? What have I forgotten?
Or do I need to do a third re-install and hope it magically gets fixed?

Please help? Any ideas welcome!

Can you reboot from the installation CD and reset your password?

[kennedy]

Originally posted by moonmonkey:
Can you reboot from the installation CD and reset your password?

Well, I can login as 'admin' (the local account works fine), so no need for that.

The question is "What have I forgotten in my setup that allows me to login with the network accounts from the server, but then results in the login being aborted?"

Has anyone seen this behavior before?
I can't figure out what's wrong!

[asdasd]

In Single user mode - cmd s at reboot - try and rename the file in /System/Library/LoginPlugins/mcx.plugins.

See if that helps. Your machine thinks it is managed.

[kennedy]

Originally posted by asdasd:
In Single user mode - cmd s at reboot - try and rename the file in /System/Library/LoginPlugins/mcx.plugins.

See if that helps. Your machine thinks it is managed.

You da man!!! Awesome... many thanks.

But how the heck did you know that?
In fact, what does it even mean that my "machine thinks it is managed"? Usually, I'm at least familiar with what's going on... never even heard of that.

Thanks again! You saved my fathers' day from including a re-install of the OS on that computer.