can't exec /bin/login -FIXED

[Noah John Gellner]

Guess /bin/login was corrupted. I copied the file from the boot CD and
everything is golden

On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 13:56, Noah John Gellner wrote:
> Something happened this morning and now I can't login to my Gentoo Linux
> laptop. I guess that it is a PATH problem. The machine boots to a login
> prompt, but when I type a user name the system sits for a while and then
> re-outputs the login prompt. The following message is logged:
> tty1: can't exec /bin/login: No such file or directory
> 
> I booted the system using a boot disk and confirmed that /bin/login
> exists. I was unable to chroot as I got a message that the kernel
> version on the boot disk was too low.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
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