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Originally posted by vinces39
we were changing permissions and it seems like the password file got changed. Now we can not login as a user or as root. Is there a way around this,?
New to linux.
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Don't fiddle too much with the /etc directory. /etc/passwd file should be readable by all!!
Your only way out is .. insert boot cd and either
1) linux single
or
2) linux rescue
(This will mount it in a different mount. Do your changes and reboot.