THANK YOU THANK YOU I managed to enter through grub, became single user then used pico to overwrite the passwd file with the missing line. upon reboot now i have su back but no passwd. Before I proceed can you verify something. If I go back into grub and single user..... is the command "passwd root" to change the root passwd? Then type reboot??? Les
----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel Flory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Root is GONE > Mr. L.R. Adrian wrote: > > >Also, > >In /etc/ > >there are three passwd files: > >passwd > >passwd- > > > These are normally there. > > >an passwd.OLD > > > > This is not normally on most systems. Maybe a someone was editing the > password file by hand. Or possibly a broken script. Maybe from some > from some script kiddy. > > >the bottom two contain the root listing on the top line the passwd file this > >is deleted???? > >Tried of course to overwrite but no permissions. > > > > > > > > > -- > Once you have their hardware. Never give it back. > (The First Rule of Hardware Acquisition) > Sam Flory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
