Messages in this thread | | | From | "Woody" <> | Subject | Re: Help please!!!! | Date | Sun, 26 Apr 1998 23:22:50 -0500 |
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-----Original Message----- From: Greg Zornetzer <gaz@andrew.cmu.edu> To: Woody <woody@localline.com> Date: Sunday, April 26, 1998 11:08 PM Subject: Re: Help please!!!!
>Do you use lilo?
Yes.
>If so, when the lilo prompt comes up type >linux 1 >if you use another name for your kernel image, substitute that for linux. >Pressing the tab key under lilo gives you a list of available images > >This should boot you into single user mode. If your password got munged, >you should be able to fix it by running passwd at the prompt, or doing >whatever else you want to do...
I can get into single user mode fine. I can execute passwd excutable....BUT, when I go to login again....nothing, nadda, zip......it has something to do with utmp entries. But hell if I know what to do to correct that....I never ran into this before....
>Good luck
ThanX.......I need it....I'm starting to fear the worse! >Greg Zornetzer - gaz+@andrew.cmu.edu >"Light shines brightest in the darkest night" >http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~gaz > > >
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