On 20/12/10 15:08, Simon Greenwood wrote:
The issue with Windows is that there is a database at the core of the
authentication mechanism, and this database can get damaged. Unix and
Linux are essentially based on flat files which can be edited with the
correct permissions. It is possible to damage /etc/passwd and/or
/etc/shadow in such a way as to cause authentication failure, and also
to corrupt your user space in such a way as to damage user
configuration files, but it's also a lot easier to recover them.
s/
Ah. That makes things a bit clearer. Are there any "Howtos" as to how a
(relative) newbie can recover from these sorts of damage?
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