On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 09:31:07PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote > Thanks one and all. I tried two approaches: > - at LILO prompt I typed linux init=/bin/bash. This failed because the / > partition mounted read-only > - used Toms Rescue Disk. This allowed me to edit /etc/passwd and > /etc/shadow. Success! >
In case there's a next time, you should be able to remount the root partition rw with # mount -o remount,rw -n / John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
