you never learn what's broken then. reinstall is m$ thinking.
with the invalid passwords, it's likely that the solition lies in the
libs, file permissions, or running pwconv.
-d
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On Sun, 3 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hehe, when in doubt you can always back up your stuff and reinstall, it could
> take less time than figuring that out ! heh, whenever i hose up my system i
> just reformat and reinstall, got it down to a science now :).. just a
> suggestion ..
>
> On 03-Jan-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I have had a RH Linux box running for a month now.
> >
> > All of a sudden, when root logs it, it reports the "System is doing down on
> > Dec
> > 20th at 14:00" or some time like that (which the date has already passed).
> >
> > Also, only ROOT can login, no other user on the system is allowed on.
> > It reports invalid login, yet the passwds are correct (I have chnaged them)
> > and
> > so now the only user that can login is root.
> >
> > HELP! Please. :)
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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