The only time i've ever seen this problem is when the passwd file had a
shell for root that didn't exist - in this case /bin/bash, which didn't
exist in that location. You need to check the /etc/passwd file to see what
shell is specified, and then check whether the shell is where passwd says it
is.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nining hero [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 4 February 2000 10:01
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLUG] cannot fork..
>
>
> Hello friends..
>
> I am having a problem with my system here. Something strange
> has happened.
>
> I am not able to log in as a root. I enter my login and
> password and the
> prompt goes back to
> login:
> password:
>
> I enter it again the login and password and again the prompt
> goes back to
> the prompt login:
>
> I cant basically login. Out of frustation i pressed
> Ctrl+Alt+Del and an
> error message started to appear saying
>
> INIT: cannot fork...retry
> ...
> ...
> ...
> I then triend to get in as a linux single from the prompmt lilo boot.
> in the bash# prompt, I checked out /etc/crontab files
> /etc/inittab files.
> But i couldnt find any solutions.
>
> Please help.
>
>
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