[K12OSN] Help -- Cannot log in as root.

[john]

You also might try rebooting the server and add add -s to the kernel options
in the grub boot loader. That ought to get you to single user mode.

John

On 1/22/07, Sudev Barar <sbarar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 23/01/07, Krsnendu dasa <krsnendu108 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > All of a sudden this happened. When I try to log in as root at the
> > server, at a thin client, I get the message "The system administrator
>
> I will start with Newtons law of inertia....things do not happen on their
> own.
>
> > has disabled your account." I also can't connect through PUTTY or
> > through NX. What causes this and how can I fix it?
> > I can login as a regular user and run system commands through gui when
> > prompted for password by gnome but I can't su at the command line.
> > I was logging in as root no problems this morning. I have not done
> > anything on it since I logged out as root earlier today.
> >
>
> Someone else knew password? or were you editing the files passwd or
> shadow or group?
>
> > A similar thing happened on an identical computer at a different
> > location yesterdat, only I can still NX and ssh in to it.
> >
>
> All the more reason to suspect breakin.
>
> > What to do?
>
> Boot from Knoppix or first CD as single user and edit the file
> /etc/shadow to leave password field blank for root. While there you
> may also want to edit sudoer file to add your self as sudo with all
> rights.
>
> Restart the server and login as root with no password. Change root
> password.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Regards,
> Sudev Barar
>
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