On 10 Sep 2006, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I started up my laptop just now (running Debian unstable) and could not > log in either as root or user. I have a separate installation of Debian > on a different partition and I can accaess this normally, so I can mount > the affected partition for repairs, but two questions: > > 1. which files should I edit to make things work? (/etc/shadow?) > > 2. Why has this happened? > > My immediate thought was that the system has been compromised but it was > switched off for the last 36 hours (no one else has physical access). My > desktop (which is on the same network) appears normal and chkrootkit > shows nothing wrong.
I suddenly remembered the same thing happened a year or more ago. During an upgrade the console keyboard got changed (UK to US I suppose) so the keys were not producing what I thought they were. Once I figured out which keys produced which symbols I could log in again. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
