[SC.LUG] Advice please

[Greg Bolshaw]

Neil Lucock wrote:

>I used netconfig and told the Sparc to use DHCP (the router acts as a DHCP 
>server) but the program segfaulted for some reason. Now it won't let me log 
>in (as anything), it gives a login prompt but typing "root" and "enter" does 
>not get anywhere. Basically, I can't log in.
>  
>
I've seen this before with older versions of Red Hat. Firstly, try 
booting into single user mode and resetting the root password. Once 
you've done this, see whether you can log in as root with a blank 
password. Also check for any useful syslog messages.
--
Greg