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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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