On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 19:27 +0200, korgull wrote: > Hi, > > I have FC4test3 installed and my mainboard gone funny last week. The date/time > ran random by this faulty mainboard and I think this is the reason for my > trouble now. > > I replaced the mainboard with exactly the same type and try to boot FC4test3. > This works, but somehow I get an authentication error when trying to log in. > > Anyone knows why this error occurs and how I can get back to login in without > reinstalling the whole box. > > Regards, > Marcel > Marcel, If you are referring to logging in as root, boot to single user mode (append a 1 to the grub kernel command line) and try resetting root's password. Bob...