Re: root - password wiped ?? how ??

["Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu>]

> Thanx but nope, thats not the problem, sysklog 1.3-30 is installed and
> permissions

> Any other takers >;0)

I'll take another swing :)

Could something have switched you to/from shadow passwrds?  This
is another popular way to loose your root password :)

If you're not using shadow passwords, just boot from a rescue
disk, edit the password file, delete the root password, and reboot.
You will have no password for root, and can now login as root
and rest it.

I assume it's possible to eidt your password frile from a rescue
disk if you have shadow passwords, but it bats me how.  Maybe
delete the passwd for root in /etc/shadow?

rick