From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEBF02F308 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2001 00:29:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id f894Txn11198 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Sun, 9 Sep 2001 00:29:59 -0400 Received: from ns.shellworld.net (IDENT:root@ns.shellworld.net [64.29.16.176]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id f894Txg11194 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2001 00:29:59 -0400 Received: from localhost (chomiak@localhost) by ns.shellworld.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA20494 for ; Sun, 9 Sep 2001 00:29:58 -0400 Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 21:29:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Cheryl Homiak To: Subject: Re: red hat system almost talking: question related to comments In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Your description brings up a question I have. A few times I have booted and ended up at something for the login tha said "Pam unix" and something about opening a session. At this point I can't read the screen or seem to do anything with my keyboard and my keyboard doesn't echo, but I get announcements occasionally about chron stipping for mail or something like that. One time when this happened I know it was because i accidentally had X booting up at start, but this has happened once or twice without me having any idea how I got there. What is a "pam unix session" and how does one end up there without planning it? Cheryl