Lost All Accounts

frkstein · 09-17-2002, 03:03 PM

Not sure what happened, but now linux won't let me into any of the accounts on it. When I try to access one of the normal user accounts it says that the account has expired and that I need to see the sys admin. If I try to login as root, it tellls me that I don't have the right password. How can I get atleast into root? Once I get that back I can reestablish the other accounts.

mrGee · 09-17-2002, 03:29 PM

Hi
to get in as root check this;
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...threadid=25571

i think you have setup password aging somewhere; fire up
mcc and check your security setup
good luck

frkstein · 09-17-2002, 04:11 PM

I have got myself from lilo into init 1. From there I have changed my password of root. Now, from this point I can motor around in text mode. I can move around the different directory structures and edit files. But if I try to move to runlevel 5 and start X it will not acknowledge my root password at the login screen. What is going on here? What do I need to fix? BTW, I was working with the security settings in MCC when this started. Is there a way that I can work with the security settings in text mode?

frkstein · 09-17-2002, 04:25 PM

Well, I tried typing in mcc. Low and behold, that let me change the security level back to standard. Now everything is working fine. I have access to all my accounts again. I am just wondering, is it supposed to lock you out of all your accounts when you set the security setting to higher? Well, thx for your help. I was in real panic mode for awhile there.

mrGee · 09-18-2002, 12:08 PM

well good to hear it is fixed.
For extra info on securitylevels in mandrake read; http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/secure/index.html#m
the msec part mainly.

And don't panic in linux ; thats meant for m$ victims
or kernels

regards