--- daddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 09 Feb 2002, you wrote: > > 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. > > > > Will changing the 5 to 1 in this line of initab get me to boot up into > single > user run mode? > id:5:initdefault:
Yes, but if you can get to the point where you can edit that file, then you're already logged in, and you won't need to edit that file. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.
