hi
I dont really know the problem here but i may be able to put u on
track.
I once built me self a linux distro from scratch i had the kernel and
basic programs like netutils bash gzip tar vi and a few others i also
had shutdown etc. the same message "u dont exist" occoured when the
passwd file was not set up.. well the passwd file was set up but the
library that passed the info to it was not.
I thimk u will find if i remember correctly that the NSS library (the
Name Server Switch). was the reason so mabey your NSS lib is
crashing or not running properly. try updating it..
anyway this may help or it may jog someones memory..
good luck
let us/me know what the solution is
alex
oh btw instead of reset if u have magic sysreq compiled into your
kernel do a alt-prtscr S U B
Sync Unmount Boot
On Monday 29 January 2001 16:14, you wrote:
<snip>
> It appears that after 1 or 2 days of uptime, when I'm idle
> (either in a x environment or in a console). The output of "whoami"
> would be, "you do not exist, go away!"
>
> I could not even log in as root.
</snip>
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