On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 20:19 +0200, Marian POPESCU wrote: > Randy Wyatt wrote: > > Thanks for your reply! > > By some strange coincidence, it happened on a HP system! > It is a Compaq SR1438FR. > > > ls -ltr /etc/passwd > > The /etc/passwd file seems to be OK. It has 2273 bytes and it shows on the > first line root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash > > How did you manage to repair your server? > > Marian > We still don't know about the passwd for root. What is the line in the shadow file for root? -- ======================================================================= Start the day with a smile. After that you can be your nasty old self again. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx