Re: HELP N FAST!!!

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 08:52:16 +0200 "Antti Hakulinen"
<AnttiH dreamtheater zzn com> imparted to us:
> Hi there people.
> I'm in a urgent need of help.
> 
> My problem is as follows:
> 
> I accidentally "really.." overwrited my /etc/passwd and now i'm given
> a "you don't exist go away" msg when i try to log in to my RH 7.1 box.
> 
> So, i'm in the rescue mode now, and i can't make the /dev/hda5 as
> writable that i could turn my passwd file as it was. Even with the
> correct options with mount and umount.
> Please, point me alternatives, and a coommand +switches that you know
> or guess that might work.
> 
> I need help FAST!! :/

Reboot into single user mode ('linux single' or 'linux 1') and at the
prompt set the password for root. Once in, fix it for everybody. I
believe you can also fix it for all in single user mode.


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