Re: This is too strange.

[David B.Harris <dbarclay10@yahoo.ca>]

To quote Bill Shui <wshui@mail.usyd.edu.au>,
# You don't exist, go away!
# 
# I have checked my /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files.
# they are in the right format.

I don't know what's going on, but if you reboot, you can get into a
shell by adding "init=/bin/bash" as a parameter to your kernel. For
instance, at the LILO prompt, you could type:

linux init=/bin/bash

Which would drop you to a bash shell, without asking you to log in.

As far as not existing, double-check that there's a root account in
/etc/passwd.

David Barclay Harris, Clan Barclay
    Aut agere, aut mori. (Either action, or death.)