passwd

From: Gannater János (gannater_at_freemail.hu)
Date: 05/28/03

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    Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 10:06:33 +0200 (CEST)
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    Hello,

    > Another newbie here, had a similar prob myself, try a reboot, and hit
    > any key (other than enter) before the kernel boots. Then go boot -s
    > (this boots you into single user mode) the type passwd, this will set
    > the root password, You can now log in as root, then
    > go /stand/sysinstall and you can add yourself as a user again.
     
    I thought of the same idea as well. My question is that how could it be
    that there is a user in the /etc/passwd file, but it doesn't exists. So I
    think there is a database and the /etc/passwd file that stores the user
    information. How can I compare them?

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