On Fri, 2007-08-17 at 03:32 +0530, Linux Lingam wrote: > a prolonged powerfailure shutdown my computer running ubuntu fiesty in > the middle of a task. > on reboot, everything seemed to work fine, > but my root password is no longer working.
What do you mean by root password "no longer working". What did you try, and what happens. > a quick 'pwck' command results in > pwck: cannot lock file /etc/passwd [...] You need super-user privileges to run pwck. Thus, sudo pwck Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
