The prompt you're seeing should mean that you're already logged in as root, so
don't try to login again.  Try typing passwd at the prompt and see if it allows
you to change the password for root.  If not, you'll need to edit the
/etc/passwd file and clear out the password field (it's the one full of garbage
characters) and run passwd again to set a new password.

Wayne





P ARRECHO1 <[log in to unmask]> on 03/09/2000 05:05:22 PM

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Subject:  Corrupted password? Please help !!!



Hi: I have Linux Red Hat V6.0 running on a Pentium II PC, some how the password
got corrupted, because now the system will NOT let me logon, nor as a root or
as a normal user.
Reading the installation guide on p227, it says that if  /etc/passwd got
corrupted to boot into single mode by typing Linux 1 at the LILO boot prompt,
which I did and the system came up with this prompt #bash or something similar,
I do not know what to do now, I tried the command login and it did ask me for
the password, but again it did not like the answer.
If any body have ay ideas? suggestions they are very welcome
TIA