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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: cannot login at all!!!
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 22:17:26 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- ppc1@cec2.wustl.edu (Peter Pui Tak Chiu) writes:
-
- >hi everyone...
-
- >i deleted /etc/utmp in a virtual console and tried to login from another
- >VC, but linux said "/etc/utmp: no such file or directory" and i was not
- >allowed to login...
-
- >then i created /etc/utmp with a single carriage return in it and tried
- >logging in aain. this time it said:
- > must start from the lowest "sh"... something like that...
-
- >i thought a reboot would fix it but it didn't. the same message shows
- >up when i want to login. so now i can't login.
-
- >can anyone give me a hand?
-
- >thanks in advance
-
- >peter
-
- Try rebooting from floppy and then deleting the /etc/utmp file. Then touch
- /etc/utmp and try rebooting and loggin in again.
-
- James
-