On (21/10/01 13:19), Gruber, Jason wrote:
>
> Thanks too all that are reading and helping my plight.
>
> Cool:: Tried
> > LILO: linux init=/bin/sh
> > <wait>
> > # /usr/bin/passwd root
> > <new root pw>
> > <new root pw>
> >
> Get ::
> Authintication token Manipulation Error
>
>
You probably have a read only /etc/passwd (and the rest of your root
filesystem)
remount it rw and try again
It is possible that it may appear to be mounted rw since /etc/mtab
can't be updated yet. That one took me while to figure out the first
time :)
Matt
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