"You don't exist, go away!" login problems (was Re: This is too strange.)

Use a descriptive subject line. Note change. on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 12:03:11AM +1100, Bill Shui ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi, > I have been running Debian Testing for the last few days. > > Just a few minutes ago, I have noticed that I could no longer log > in as any user. >

Re: This is too strange.

To quote Bill Shui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # You don't exist, go away! # # I have checked my /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files. # they are in the right format. I don't know what's going on, but if you reboot, you can get into a shell by adding "init=/bin/bash" as a parameter to your kernel. For inst