Hi, Simple. Do the init=/bin/sh trick. When you're booted, mount / -o remount,rw Then edit /etc/passwd and add this to /etc/passwd: root2::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
This should do the trick :) Hope it works! El mar, 23-04-2002 a las 00:12, Stefan Srdic escribió: > hi, > > Last night when I attempted to change my root password passwd bunked out on me. It >crashed and I received the following message on the console: > > passwd: Critical error - immediate abort > > I thought that I could still use my old root password but cannot. I attempted to >boot straight into a shell (init=/bin/sh) and manually expire my root password (so >that I could change it on the next login) and ended up with the same results. I've >also tried deleting the root passwd to see if I could then re-run passwd as root and >change my passwd. No luck. > > I can still log into my system as a normal user but cannot change any users >passwords, I get the same error message as above. > > Is passwd in Woody broken? How can I fix my broken root password without harming my >system? > > Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Stef > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Luis Gómez Miralles InfoEmergencias - Technical Department Phone (+34) 654 24 01 34 Fax (+34) 963 49 31 80 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key available at http://www.infoemergencias.com/lgomez.asc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
