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RE: !!! URGENT !!! Lost access to my system



OK, this worked. So I typed at LILO:

linux init=/bin/sh

and the system booted as single user without asking for a password.  After this 
I've gave the command:

# mount -n -o,remount /

I have insued a passwd for the root and one for my regular user. It was ok, so 
I have rebooted (ctrl-alt-del). The message of expiration disapeared, but the 
system didn't accept my new password. So, I've booted again as single user and 
try again. The system reported that

Cannot lock the password file. Try again later.
passwd[8]:can't lock password file.

I've try to remove the passwd files and those of shadow from etc. The next time 
I've rebooted, it reported that I do not exist. When I've try to give 
ctrlalt-del from the console it stated that

You dont exist. Go away.

Again, I've rebooted (whit hard RESET) in single user mode and put back the 
files of passwd and shadow, but the receive the message with error at locking 
the passwd file. (I should also make a fsck, I think, as the system was 
hardware rebooted). Are there any chanses to get back the control of my system 
or did I've made to much harm to it ?

TIA,

Ionutz

On Wednesday, May 13, 1998 10:06 AM, Alexey Vyskubov 
[SMTP:wizard@alv.stud.pu.ru] wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 1998 at 09:57:51AM +0300, Ionut Borcoman wrote:
> You should use not LILO: init=/bin/sh but
>
> LILO: linux init=/bin/sh
>
> where "linux" is the lilo-name of your linux partition.
>
>
> --
> Alexey Vyskubov


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