Resending because I didn't get any responses.
Steve Fox wrote:
>
> I was installing AFS for Linux when I came to a point where I had to
> reboot.
> Suddenly I can't log into my box anymore...both my root and user logins
> give me "Invalid login". So I followed the instructions below from the
> archive, but now when I try to log in as root it doesn't even let me
> enter a password...I just get the same message and it refreshes to a
> clean login prompt.
>
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> Try booting with "init=/bin/sh". Unless you've activated some LILO
> security features, that will give you a root shell.
>
> do:
>
> mount -o rw,remount /
> vi [or any other editor] /etc/shadow
>
> Replace the line reading something like
>
> root:$1$p8fRUBO9$gbNM1tqtVPTWOYhkGMEC41:10818:0:99999:7:-1:-1:134542400
>
> with
>
> root::10818:0:99999:7:-1:-1:134542400
>
> Save the file, exit the editor, type "sync", and press Ctrl-D. Now you
> should be able to boot into runlevels 3 and 5; the root password is
> empty. Don't forget to change it back to something more difficult to
> guess as soon as possible.
>
> LLaP
> bero
>
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>
> Any ideas how I can get back into my system? Is there something with PAM
> I need to update?
>
> Mandrake 6.0, 2.2.9-27
>
> --
>
> Steve Fox
> http://pcxtreme.org
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