Am I totally screwed?

mylo2003 · 08-31-2003, 06:34 PM

Hello!

I think i just made a newbie mistake or I was evily hacked to death!!! Please help!

I did some changes to my account in Redhat 9.2, now, once i rebooted the box, it tells me that my account has expired and to contact the system administrator!!! WTF? I just added my account to all these different groups...

So, i think, not to worry, just login with the su password right?

Wrong!

It tells me that it is an incorrect username and password!!!

How can I get back into my box!!!

Thx!

MiscGeek · 08-31-2003, 06:55 PM

What changes did you make to your account and how did you make them?

You say you can't login as root? That's not a good sign I'm afraid

Mike

MasterC · 08-31-2003, 07:03 PM

Where'd you get RedHat 9.2, or did I miss something? I don't think 9.1 has been released yet...

Do you mean a different distro?

Try to get in through rescue mode to reset the root password:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...light=password

Cool

KneeLess · 08-31-2003, 07:23 PM

I think when you edited your account you added an expiration date. That would cause your account to say that. *Chuckles*

Well, your sure you logged on like this right?

Username: root
Password:

And put your correct root password in right? Because you said 'su password' and I'm not sure what you mean.

mylo2003 · 09-01-2003, 10:32 AM

AHHH!!!

i was logging in as su!!

Silly newbie me!

Thx for saving my life Kneeless!! woohoo!