Re: [expert] Clobbered Passwd File

[Brian Erikson]

Ken Wilson wrote:

> I have attempted to change the password from runlevel 1 and although it
> appears that the password is being changed no change is resulting.
> 
> Has anyone had this happen to them before? Is there a way of fixing it short
> of a complete reinstall?

I had a similar problem with user passwords, it appeared to work when
creating
one but never actually worked as I could not log on with it.  
I finally gave up and reinstalled after seeking advice everywhere to no
avail.

Brian