Re: root password not accepted

[Albert DE WINT <adwint pandora be>]

> There is a bug in the PAM mechanism in 8.0 (and perhaps 9) that chokes
> on certain character sequences.  Boot into single user mode (at the lilo
> "boot:" prompt, enter "linux single", for grub, hit "E", go to the end
> of the "kernel" line and add "single" to the end.  Hit "ENTER" and "B"
> to boot).  (btw, this bug actually first appeared in 7.3).
> 
> When you get to the shell prompt, use the passwd command and change the
> password to something VERY simple.  Then go fetch any updates to PAM
> and/or the password suite and install them.  Once they're installed, you
> should be able to change the password to what you want.

Yep, I was able to change the password booting single user mode.
(To something WAY TOO simple)

Thanks Rick

Albert

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