see below. On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 05:46, Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz>wrote:
> [Please!, don't top post in this mailing list.] > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 12:36:38AM -0400, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen > wrote: > > Hola! > > > > I- m starting to get desperate! I found lots of instructions on the > > web about how to solve this, but none of them works. Example, I > > founmd this > > > > In grub press e ton edit options > > add to init options > > > > init=/bin/sh > > RET > > press b to boot > > Then mount -o remount,rw / > > passwd kjetil > > (repeating new password twice) > > exec init > > Instead of changing your password like that, what I'd do is after "mount > -o remount,rw" I'd "vim /etc/passwd" and take out the x for root: > > i.e before: > root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > > after > root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > > save it, (make sure it saved ok.) then reboot. > > You should now be able to login as root without needing a password > and investigate from there. > > Does that work? > > Thanks. So far not . Several problems: ¿Whats the point with the line init=/bin/sh ? It does not seem to work, I am dropped into bash ¿shoud I remove the x in /etcv/passwd or in /etc/shadow or in both? so far I tried in /etc/passwd and it does not work. Kjetil > -- > "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." > -- Napoleon Bonaparte > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120318084604.GE11367@tal > > -- "If you want a picture of the future - imagine a boot stamping on the human face - forever." George Orwell (1984)
