On 8/17/07, Rakesh Pandit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> yes, look at the last line in shadow file there must be a root entry.
> Remove this 'root' line. It was just to remove your earlier
> password. Go ahead!
>
>
whew! that worked allright. thanks so much rakesh. :-)
incidentally,
Hello,
yes, look at the last line in shadow file there must be a root entry.
Remove this 'root' line. It was just to remove your earlier
password. Go ahead!
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Rakesh
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hi rakesh,
> > then as root, i just ran pwck, here's what i got:
> > invalid shadow password file entry
> > delete line 'root'?
>
> As you have changed password so this line is invalid.
> Now run pwconv to make shadow file. It will append root entry at the
> end of file and automatically delet
Hello,
> then as root, i just ran pwck, here's what i got:
> invalid shadow password file entry
> delete line 'root'?
As you have changed password so this line is invalid.
Now run pwconv to make shadow file. It will append root entry at the
end of file and automatically delete that line.
You
thanks rakesh and gora for your assistance. my comments below:
On 8/17/07, Gora Mohanty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What do you mean by root password "no longer
> working". What did you try, and what happens.
booted into fiesty normally using my username and password at login,
and resumed my no
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". W
Hello,
> from file /etc/passwd
> and if shadow file exist (in case it is not empty or corrupted) create
> it and the line containing root password should be
My lines are confusing, typed in hurry :-(
You can create shadow file using pwconv if it does not exist.
and if it exists remove the line ha
Hello niyam,
> how do i fix this problem?
This thread will help
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=146787
If nothing works then using a rescue remove x in line
root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
from file /etc/passwd
and if shadow file exist (in case it is not empty or corr
