Re: System user accounts lost after system halt

From: Adam Aube (aaube01_at_baker.edu)
Date: 09/24/04

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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 21:42:38 -0400

    lianliming wrote:

    > After a system halt, i find all the users in my system seems been
    > lost. I can't login in as any id.
    > I tried to use linux single mode to boot. but after system setup,
    > the system give me a prompt said "you have no name". I find my
    > "/etc/passwd" file has become a binary file full of something unreadable.

    Have you tried restoring the backup at /var/backups/passwd.bak?

    Adam 

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