On Tue, 22 Oct 2013, John R Pierce wrote: > On 10/22/2013 2:24 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> How do I change passwords on an install, e.g. my F14, >> into which I cannot login? >> I can edit the files from either Knoppix or from a CentoS terminal. > > edit /mnt/.../etc/shadow and delete the password hash between the first > two :'s, so it looks like username::..... That worked after I also deleted the x from passwd. I still do not know how to fix anything. >From my point of view it just stops for no apparent reason. I forgot to edit the kernal line the last time I boot centos, but if the output oof dmesg is an indication, it got a bit further this time: ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (16384 buckets, 65536 max) ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team e100 0000:02:08.0: eth0: NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready p4-clockmod: P4/Xeon(TM) CPU On-Demand Clock Modulation available RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module. RPC: Registered udp transport module. RPC: Registered tcp transport module. RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module. SELinux: initialized (dev rpc_pipefs, type rpc_pipefs), uses genfs_contexts eth0: no IPv6 routers present 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb at candelatech.com> All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem at redhat.com> SELinux: initialized (dev autofs, type autofs), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev autofs, type autofs), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev autofs, type autofs), uses genfs_contexts eth0: no IPv6 routers present Bridge firewalling registered tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6 tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk at qualcomm.com> device virbr0-nic entered promiscuous mode virbr0: starting userspace STP failed, starting kernel STP Ebtables v2.0 registered SELinux: initialized (dev mqueue, type mqueue), uses transition SIDs SELinux: initialized (dev proc, type proc), uses genfs_contexts SELinux: initialized (dev mqueue, type mqueue), uses transition SIDs lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions SELinux: initialized (dev proc, type proc), uses genfs_contexts The SELinux line is new. Is there somewhere I can put print statements to try to figure out what is going on? -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "On Monday, I'm gonna have to tell my kindergarten class, whom I teach not to run with scissors, that my fiance ran me through with a broadsword." -- Lily