Re: [cobalt-developers] Login problems

[Atlantis dev <development@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, the file to replace is obviously /etc/passwd with /etc/passwd- and not the /etc/shadow !!!!

Atlantis dev wrote:

> Hi Timo,
>
> this is a common problem, if you cannot access via telnet on the raq with admin or any other user enabled to telnet, the solutions are:
>
> Solution A
> 1) turn off the web service
> 2) try to login again and modify your files
> 3) turn on web service and retry
>
> Solution B (BE CAREFUL !!!)
> 1) open the raq
> 2) extract the hard disk and connect it to a linux pc
> 3) mount the hdc1 with mount command
> 4) Backup all your files on the hard disk
> 4) check if the file /etc/shadow is empty or not
> 5) if empty replace the file /etc/shadow with /etc/shadow-
> 5) this will recover passwords for all users of the raq
> 6) If there is no way, i think you must  use the Cobalt restore CD.
>
> Good Luck
>
> Marco Zotta
> Atlantis Srl
>
> Timo Baur wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I programmed my PHP scripts and suddenly there has been an error in the
> > PHP. This resulted in an httpd overflowing and consuming lots of CPU time.
> > Hours later i was able to log in to the /admin page again and tried to reboot. I cannot say if it worked but i was able to use the web console again.
> > But still there is no chance to enter the system via telnet.
> > a timeout occurs after logging in via telnet.
> > ftp does not work either.
> > at the moment the /admin is unaccessible again but i can view the /home/web-pages.
> >
> > what can i do ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Timo Baur
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