Thanks for the instructions bukharin, it worked a treat! Got in ok, changed the password field to some random numbers and added the correct colons (root::12345:6:78912:3:::). It was read only but vi told me to add "!" to :x. After this I was allowed to change the password back at command.
Thanks Robin for the intial advice, and I guess if I’d followed nobspangle’s first post instead of trying to edit shadow, I may have got there a bit quicker! - But I have learned a lot more by fixing this than by just re-installing the OS. I would still be interested in finding out how the original lock-out occurred, in that I could log in via WinSCP but not the webconfig or CC’s splashscreen, if anyone has any ideas? Thanks, warren -- w4rren ------------------------------------------------------------------------ w4rren's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9567 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35407 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
