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Re: Redhat 5.2 Crash... - Help...
Ok i'm in... thanks for the tip...
the /etc/passwd file looks ok... what other files should i check out? what
files could be associated to my login problem?
BTW: Thanks.. the From field should be fixed.. ;)
Take care:
Benji Selano
benj@earthling.net
Omer wrote:
> How about you just boot single mode, or init=/bin/bash and check
> out /etc/passwd? While you are at it, check out some other basic
> system files...
>
> One more thing: Your From: field is screwed up...
> I assume it's earthling.net and not earhling.net.
>
> Benji Selano wrote:
> >
> > Hello...
> >
> > I need some help... for some reason.. (not sure why... i think power
> > shortage) my linux box crashed....
> > i think it was while it was downloading something ... anyway...
> > all i got when i came to my computer was fsck.ext2 forced on boot and
> > seeing hundreds of lines... linux booting and again... for, i think 5
> > hours or so...
> > anyway, booted with rescue disk... ran fsck.ext2 manually, got it all
> > fixed (press Enter on all the questions...) saw the most of the errors
> > where in ~/.netscape/cache/... so i really don't mind....
> >
> > anyway booted again, this time fsck.ext2 -a said that the partition was
> > clean - everything seemed to be loading well...
> > the problem is this:
> > login : root <Enter>
> >
> > brings me back to:
> >
> > login:
> > any user... anything... doesn't get to the password field...
> >
> > what can i do? - is it the password file?? users file...
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Benji Selano
> > benj@earthling.net
>
> --
> Omer Efraim
> !- Software: Making your computer come alive so it can attack you -!
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