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febisfebi
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Joined: 17 Apr 2002
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Location: seattle wa
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 Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 4:54 am Post subject: cant log in, not a caps lock issue |
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for some reason i cant log in any longer. i have the login prompt like so:
| Code: | localhost login: username [enter]
localhost login: |
it comes right back to the prompt without a password prompt or anything.
this is URGENT. i desperatly need this to work, and dont have time to reinstall. please help!!
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gillesg
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 4:57 am Post subject: at least |
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you should use a Gentoo install CD to connect to your system.
doing the chroot.
Then you might be able to do something.
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febisfebi
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, that works, but then what? i cant really do much without the users i have. is there something i need to re-emerge or something? how do i fix this?
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gillesg
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| Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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From there you are logged as root.
So you should be able to reset your user password, ar check what might be wrong with the user configuration. |
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