>Do you use lilo?
Yes.
>If so, when the lilo prompt comes up type
>linux 1
>if you use another name for your kernel image, substitute that for linux.
>Pressing the tab key under lilo gives you a list of available images
>
>This should boot you into single user mode. If your password got munged,
>you should be able to fix it by running passwd at the prompt, or doing
>whatever else you want to do...
I can get into single user mode fine. I can execute passwd excutable....BUT,
when I go to login again....nothing, nadda, zip......it has something to do
with utmp entries. But hell if I know what to do to correct that....I never
ran into this before....
>Good luck
ThanX.......I need it....I'm starting to fear the worse!
>Greg Zornetzer - gaz+@andrew.cmu.edu
>"Light shines brightest in the darkest night"
>http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~gaz
>
>
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