Re: Can't login with any user account including root

[Noah K Sematimba <ksemat at wawa.eahd.or.ug>]

You can edit the shadow file directly using vi. Simply remove the
encrypted string. If the root partition has not been mounted rw then
simply do:

mount -n -o remount,rw /

and then edit the shadow file

Noah.

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Kobby Castro wrote:

> Thanks for the reply. I did exactly as you directed but it gives an error as
> follows:
>
> Cannot lock password file: already locked
> Error: Password NOT changed
> passwd: Authentication token manipulation error.
>
> I aslo triend to unlock the password using the -u option but it will still
> not work. I proceeded to check the status of the account using the -S option
> and it said the password is usable.
>
> Kobby.
>
>
> >From: Noah K Sematimba <ksemat at wawa.eahd.or.ug>
> >To: Kobby Castro <kobbycastro at hotmail.com>
> >CC: afnog at afnog.org
> >Subject: Re: Can't login with any user account including root
> >Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 15:48:13 +0300 (EAT)
> >
> >
> >at the lilo prompt type
> >
> >linux init=/bin/bash
> >
> >This will drop you into a shell form which you can run the passwd command
> >and change the root password.
> >You could also boot off the CD and select rescue system.
> >
> >Noah.
> >
> >On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Kobby Castro wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I have a problem and I need urgent help.
> > >
> > > My Server (running SUSE Linux 7.3) boots alright but no user account can
> > > be used to login.  Not even root.
> > >
> > > The administrator responsible for taking backups didn't do it.  Please
> > > help.
> > >
> > > Kobby.
> > >
> > >
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