Re: root and user passwords suddenly not recognized -SOLVED
On 10 Sep 2006, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> I started up my laptop just now (running Debian unstable) and could not
> log in either as root or user. I have a separate installation of Debian
> on a different partition and I can accaess this normally, so I can mount
> the affected partition for repairs, but two questions:
>
> 1. which files should I edit to make things work? (/etc/shadow?)
>
> 2. Why has this happened?
>
> My immediate thought was that the system has been compromised but it was
> switched off for the last 36 hours (no one else has physical access). My
> desktop (which is on the same network) appears normal and chkrootkit
> shows nothing wrong.
I suddenly remembered the same thing happened a year or more ago. During
an upgrade the console keyboard got changed (UK to US I suppose) so the
keys were not producing what I thought they were. Once I figured out
which keys produced which symbols I could log in again.
Anthony
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