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cmays90

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Registered: 2009-12-18

Posts: 31

Login Issue, seems like passwd file is messed up somehow...

Alright.  So I have been running KDE for a few months now no issues.  Two days ago, I pacman -Syu'ed and noticed a new kernel, so I rebooted.  The last reboot before that had been about a week, so I don't remember everything that happened, but I didn't mess with anything that should be causing hte issue below. 

Anyways, after rebooting, I was in shell instead of KDM.  I tried logging in with my normal username and got a "Login incorrect" message.  Then I tried my root account.  And got the same message.  I then followed the instructions here https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Password_Recovery and reboot took me back to KDM.  I logged in thinking I solved the problem.  Today, the same issue occurred, so I again tried to follow the same procedure as before.  Now, however, when I reboot, I am taken back to shell, with my new root password being unrecognized.

I am at a loss here, and hope that maybe someone smarter than me can help.

Thanks!

cmays90

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Registered: 2009-12-18

Posts: 31

Re: Login Issue, seems like passwd file is messed up somehow...

I think that I am just going to do a reinstall...

gregor

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Registered: 2011-06-20

Posts: 175

Re: Login Issue, seems like passwd file is messed up somehow...

or try this ,just boot you're linux and press "e" at the boot loader ('e' stands for edit)

where 'ro' is at the end of the kernel line ro becomes rw init=/bin/bash

kernel /vmlinuz-linux cryptdevice=/dev/sda5:root root=/dev/mapper/root ro vga=0x034b
becomes
kernel /vmlinuz-linux cryptdevice=/dev/sda5:root root=/dev/mapper/root rw init=/bin/bash                                              <=== you have a different con-tense off-course

boot your pc

then type passwd in the console (and reset it)

and also passwd username for resetting the user account

might help....

Last edited by gregor (2012-01-15 09:58:37)

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cmays90

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Registered: 2009-12-18

Posts: 31

Re: Login Issue, seems like passwd file is messed up somehow...

Thats what I have been trying.  And still no dice.

Anyways, I need a new install.  My /usr partition is seperate from my root partition, and Arch has been kindly suggesting I fix that for several months now...