Well, it got through; I hope you get this back in time for it to be useful
(how will you get this is pop3 is down, though?).
Are you currently logged in on any console or serial connection? If so, you
need to check:
1. If filesystems are properly mounted (df).
2. If you can look at /etc/passwd with vi or even with more.
3. You are probably running shadow passwords (Slackware switched to them as
default somewhere around 3.4), so see if you (as root) can read /etc/shadow
. (If you aren't logged in as root, see if su works.)
If you aren't logged in, your only real bet is to restart the system,
booting from your rescue disk. Then mount the hard disk's root filesystem on
the rescue disk's filesystem's /mnt, and check the files I've listed above
for problems.
BTW, this could be something as simple as a blank line in /etc/passwd or
/etc/shadow . These files are the most sensitive I've ever seen (well, maybe
sendmail.cf is worse) to small format errors.
At 09:05 PM 2/10/99 -0800, goodrich wrote:
>I hope this gets through, right now my Slackware box refuses to let me log
>in claiming every username and password are invalid. I have sendmail up,
>the webserver is up, telnet and pop are down. I'm afraid to attempt a
>restart.
>
>What do I do Now?
>
>DAve.
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