Try running pwck...it will check the validity of /etc/passwd, and
/etc/shadow, and let you know if you have any problems. Such problems may
be causing this error.
-Sam
On Mon, Mar 09, 1998 at 09:07:10PM -0800, Ken Arck wrote:
> I recently changed over my 5.0 system to PAM authentication, which works
> fine by the way...
>
> the only thing I noticed is that *some* accounts no longer track UID to
> username. That is to say, if I log on as user X, instead of getting the
> username in the prompt, linux tells me "[I have no name!@hostname]"
>
> Everything works fine, just the darn prompt is funky. And, it doesn't
> happen for ALL accounts, just some..
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