Logging in to login window returns to login window after authentication

I installed Snow Leopard successfully on both my iMac and Macbook. On the macbook, I had problems with several of the accounts having to type old passwords into the login keychain. I resolved a couple of the accounts by correcting permissions on home directories and then clearing the entries in the login keychain.
One of them I deleted accidentally, and I tried to recreate the login.keychain file for this account, but now when I try to log in to this account, it authenticates username and password, and then goes back to the login window again. Any ideas?

HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...
Try deleting this file.
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