> > So, two questions:
> >
> > - how to get in trough a back-door (single-user mode? boot from
> floppy? boot
> > from CD?)
> > - how to undo the work by pwconv? (pwconv again? de-install
> shadow? restore
> > backup of /etc/passwd?)
> >
>
> Go into single user mode and run pwunconv.
Pitty that linuxconf does not allow single user mode without entering a
password. Which can not be entered because /etc/passwd is invalid.
With some luck, however we could get in by ftp and upload a correct
/etc/passwd.
It seems that somehow, the shadow password functionality was not complete
(i.e. interactive login failed, but ftp was still possible). I will try to
investigate this and come back with what I found.
Jeroen Pluimers
http://www.pluimers.com
Linux is just like a wigwam:
no Windows, no Gates and an Apache inside.
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