-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 12:02:26PM -0500, nick phillips wrote: > me again, > > so i think i've fixed the problem by escaping the login (fn+F5) then running > XF86Setup, loading in my original configuration, and resaving it. then when > i ran startx, everything works ok, all original passwords work fine. when i > reboot, all is ok. but i'd still like to now how i did it! what did i do to > render my old passwords invalid?
Well, I guess my reply was a few minutes late ;) I've had this happen to my own machine, after someone changed the root password by editing /etc/passwd. I think [xkg]dm use a different process for accessing /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow than does login, and if /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow both contain password hashes for a particular user (instead of /etc/passwd showing an 'x' and /etc/shadow showing the hash as per normal,) then one or the other password will work, depending on whether you are logging in from X or text console. HTH, - -- Mike Alborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> # http://odoitau.dyn.dhs.org # PGP Key ID: C36DC30B signed/encrypted mail preferred Give a woman an inch and she'll park a car in it. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjyjg/4ACgkQmyUqpsNtwwuj1wCgn0moKt40QGg363Btu5OuTwZV K88AnA63ljqTxKVs0gx3fynXKNe+xKAV =G30o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
