On 03/14/2005 11:32 AM, Chris Buckle wrote: > Unfortunately my password file doesn't look like your password file and > > doesn't show a password at all for root. (root:/bin/bash is all that is > > shown for the first line - which is also partially overwritten by vi > > information on my screen). > > I think I could probably safely add the password in the format indicated but > > I thought I should check back with you first. By the way my Linkstation is > > running firmware version 1.44. >
Hi Chris, That sounds odd. What happens if you type "more /etc/passwd" (which will just show you the contents of the file)? Do you see the same entry for root's line? There shouldn't be anything overwriting the first line of your /etc/passwd file when in vi, but if there is, it may be that you're just seeing the end of the line (which is also "root:/bin/bash" on my LinkStation). If you see something different when viewing the file with more, then try vi again and see if by some quirk you get a different result than you did the first time with vi. Marc _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
