Re: Password?


Subject: Re: Password?
From: Howard Shere (hshere@greendragon.com)
Date: Sun Feb 25 2001 - 14:52:13 MST


>> pwdb: another process has locked resource
>>
>> when I use the passwd program (after it asks me for the new password and
>> asked me to verify the new password)
>
> Then just edit /etc/shadow by hand and delete root's encrypted password. Then
> later log in with no password and set it again.

No luck. Even tho mount says rw next to the ext2 volume, vi tells me that
the file system is mounted read only so I can't modify the shadow file.

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