<p>Uh, I am no RH user, but that doesn't sound like any stock login I am aware of... red spinning lights and klaxons should be going off in your head...</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 1, 2011 3:35 PM, "John Temple" <<a href="mailto:cjtemple@gmail.com">cjtemple@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> I have a RHEL 5 VM system that will not allow us to login from the console.<br>
> We have tried to use both a valid user and root, for both of them after<br>> entering the username "Invalid Username" (or something like that) flashes<br>> and then we are returned to the login prompt. We have also tried booting<br>
> into single user mode by editing the grub command line. No dice there<br>> either. Any suggestions on how to get the system back up?<br>> <br>> A couple of things that we have noticed:<br>> 1. When the VM boots the system displays a couple of failures most noteably<br>
> iptables and xinetd.<br>> 2. A few weeks ago a co-worker said that he had trouble with the system<br>> saying that it was in read only mode.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> John Temple<br>> <a href="mailto:cjtemple@gmail.com">cjtemple@gmail.com</a><br>
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