Re: Problems with RH 6.0

[UNIXMAN <jzygmont alpha confederationc on ca>]

RH 6 uses shadow passwords, I'm willing to bet that is why she can't log 
in.  It's generally not a good idea to edit the passwd file manually.


On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Strilets, Alex wrote:

> I upgraded my RH 5.2 to 6.0 yesterday and compiled a new kernel.
> Now I have the following problems:
> 
> 1. If I compile new kernel with modules enabled - it hangs during boot at
> "Finding Modules Dependencies" step
>   (the work around that I found was to compile kernel without modules
> enabled)
> 
> 2. I have user (my wife) that did not have password (I removed it by editing
> passwd file). Now it would not allow her to 
>   to login. I have tried login under her userid too many times and failed
> and now it looks like her account is locked, because
>  even if I change her password (using root account) I still can not login
> under her name. Question - how to unlock her account? How to 
>  make userid that does not have password?
> 
> 3. StarOffice 5.0 would not work - it just prints "Aborted"  to stdout and
> quits.
> 
> I would appreciate if anyone let me know how to solve those problems.
> 
> Alex
> 
> 
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