>>>>> "Chuma" == Chuma Agbodike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chuma> Today I booted linux and it won't let me in. I log in as Chuma> root and give it <CR> at password prompt. Keeps rejecting Chuma> me. Chuma> How do I get around this? I hate to think that I have to re Chuma> install from scratch after all the work I did getting it to Chuma> where I like it. Try booting from your trusty rescue diskette (what? you don't have one?) (which will automatically log you in as root). Mount the root partition under /mnt or something appropriate to your rescue diskette and use 'vi' to edit /etc/passwd. An entry for 'root' with no password looks something like this: root::0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash (the space between the first and second colons should be empty). HTH -- Nathan L. Cutler Linux Enthusiast http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~nlc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]