I think a key piece of info that is missing here is whether he has simply forgetten the password(s), or if something occured to render authentication broken.
Tinkering with /etc/shadow may not be the best idea, especially if this is simply a matter of a forgetten password, where booting into single user mode would be the ideal fix. --- Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You could try editing your password files. > Look at /etc/shadow. > For example: > andrew:s52TAIl4IT.:11314:0:-1:7:-1:-1:134535852 > aph5::11476:0:-1:7:-1:-1:134535844 > > user aph5 has no password and you can log on with just the user name. > > Joel > > > On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 12:32:44PM -0600, daddy wrote: > > I'm running eD2.4 with kernel 2.2.14. KDE2.2.1 on an AMD k2-300. > When I try > > to log on as any user I get the password incorrect - login failed > message. > > Even as root. I am currently logged onto another distrib (OL2.3) > ona > > different partition. How can I reset the passwords? Any help would > be greatly > > appreciated. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
