Help! Can't log-in

Norberto Quintanar yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Wed Mar 3 05:52:00 2004


http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20020702.html

For the most part change lilo to yaboot

Good luck.

--- Greg Hamilton <gregh@object-craft.com.au> wrote:
> I'd boot into single user mode. This should give you root access 
> without requiring a password. From there you can reset your
> password, 
> assuming that's all that's wrong. Otherwise straight to the log
> files 
> and try to figure out what's killed authentication.
> 
> So, does anybody know how to startup YDL in single user mode? I'm 
> guessing it's a kernel parameter entered via yaboot. Anyone?
> Anyone?
> 
> On 02/03/2004, at 10:29 AM, Michael Ewald wrote:
> 
> > Hello.
> >
> > Whenever I try to log-in it says "Authentication Failed" in a
> pop-up 
> > box,
> > but I know the username and password are correct.
> >
> > The problem came up after I tried to add a user and allow that
> person 
> > to use
> > SMB. I restarted the computer and couldn't log into the computer
> or 
> > the SMB
> > shares.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > I'm running YDL 3.1 on an iMac DV SE
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Michael Ewald
> >
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