Re Can no longer log on!!

2004-04-01 Thread David Baron
On Thursday 01 April 2004 05:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > You might have already tried it, but neverthless ... Did you try "linux > single" at the LILO prompt. Depending on your configuration, this might > let you access the system without needing any password.  I say this > because, there was n

Re: Can no longer log on!! SOLVED

2004-04-01 Thread David Baron
Part of the ldap configuration involved changing some /etc/pam.d files. Edited those back to their original contents and boots OK. Go my KDE stuff back fine. On Thursday 01 April 2004 02:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tried to configure ldap. Never got that to work but something got messed up >

Re: Can no longer log on!!

2004-03-31 Thread Bokeron
As far as I can remember, linux single will ask for root password. I think it's right also for debian potato and woody. Anyway, what would work is, provided you don't have a password set for restricted lilo, write the following at the command prompt: linux init=/bin/sh That will start a shell

Re: Can no longer log on!!

2004-03-31 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
You might have already tried it, but neverthless ... Did you try "linux single" at the LILO prompt. Depending on your configuration, this might let you access the system without needing any password. I say this because, there was no mention of this in your email. raju David Baron wrote: Trie

Can no longer log on!!

2004-03-31 Thread David Baron
Tried to configure ldap. Never got that to work but something got messed up in the process. Migrationtools was used and this might have done it. I got on using the knoppix CD and removed the ldap packages (can always try again later on--unfortunately that hit some KDE as well before I aborted that