My RH 6.2 was working fine till yesterday, when all of a sudden it forgot all my user passwords and root password as well. I tried login as "linux 1", changing the password, where it mentioned new password accepted, but on relogging, again it said invalid password (but on root login, it was clearing the screen and coming back to login prompt). I tried modifying the /etc/password and /etc/shadow, but there was no change. but somehow, temporarily i got hold of a user login, changed myself to "su" (without a password), got linuxconf activated, tried changing the password for all the users and root. Activated the changes but nothing happened. finally i had to reinstall it. What could had been the prob, and how do i tackle it in future? Ratnakar ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
