Unable to log-in

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 06:58:21PM -0400, Keith Mastin wrote:
> Alex, you need to login as root first. Fortunately, for most problems this
> might be doable, it's called single (as opposed to multi-user) mode. If
> you use grub to boot with, then edit the grub file so the line that has
> the kernel instructions ends with the work single than boot with that. You
> will be root without networking or most services available. You do,
> however, need to be in front of a console at the machine to do this.
> <snip>

Single doesn't help if it uses bash.  If you have something like sash
installed, the sashroot account has no library dependancies at all, and
has ln, mv ls and such all built in so you can repair the system.

Single unfortunately still assumes your shell has the needed libs.

Lennart Sorensen
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