Unable to log-in

[John Vetterli]

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Alex Maynard wrote:
> Thanks very much. Can I reinstall the package while running another
> installation (e.g. from floppy or 2nd partition.)?  As it is now I can't
> do anything from the original system because I can 't log in as root (or
> as anyone else. Maybe this is like the chicken and the egg: could fix the
> system if I could log in and could log in if I fix the system?)

Edit the first partition's /etc/passwd file to change the login shell from
/bin/bash to something that doesn't use the offending library (I like to
keep a statically linked copy of busybox around just for this sort of
thing).  You should then be able to log in.  Of course, if /bin/bash is
screwed, any scripts using /bin/bash will also be screwed.

THT
JV
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