[plug] Password Issue

[levsky at rave.iinet.net.au]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 05:18:18PM +0800, Andre.Thomas at switch.aust.com wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've seemed to have stumbled across something unexpected (as these things 
> are).  It seems that the /etc/passwd file or something related to it has 
> become corrupted in some manner - I am no longer able to log into a 
> machine.  Whilst a normal boot up on the Woody box, one can see that 

> Anyone know where I can go from here?

Boot off a floppy or a CD, mount your root filesystem and start prowling around?

Cheers

Mark

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