On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 08:21:39AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On a standalone Linux Box with Winxx partition, someone has put > some strange command in either .bashrc or .profile file.
This should affect a single user only. Is it "root" that you are talking about ? > > So after booting to linux (RH5.2) and logging in as root, it > enters into some infinite loop. Or to say exactly bash prompt > doses not appear. > a) RH-5.2 is rather historic. Kernel 2.0.xx or something ? b) If it is only for "root" then boot in as an user, then do a su to root, then cd /root. Make .bashrc and .bash_profile out of action by renaming them ... reboot ... correct errors on the renamed files ... back into action. c) If you are in no position to boot at all either as root or as an user, recovery only possible with a good rescue disk/ stand-alone distro. Mount root partition and examining your start up scripts, /etc/inittab and /etc/profile. You need to manually locate the error and fix it. > > All the PCs here are without floppy drives - not networked. > LILO directly goes to Linux box by default. > Oops ! then stand alone distros may be difficult. Do they have any CDROM ? > > Can we go directly to login prompt by-passing these start-up > files ? > Single user mode may not work if the root bash setup files are affected. HTH Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Lesser used commands (expand) LOST #168 expand is a filter that converts tabs to spaces. If tabs are to be removed from a file, it is as simple as: '$expand filename > newfilename' ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
