Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3627 mails)

[dizzy <dizzy73@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Well I finally hosed my machine. In an effort to sync up my clock I
rebooted the Linux server (after uptime of 40 days) When it boots I get
an error to the effect the file system is read only.

This is probably due to the fact that I made an entry in /etc/passwd 
for a samba user like

WIN2KMACHINENAME$:*1000:900:WIN2KUSERNAME:/dev/null:dev/null

I would occasionally get errors about the /dev/null but thought I would
fix it later. Unfortunately, I rebooted and now cannot make changes to
the system.

I can log on and telnet in but... cannot change the /etc/passwd

could someone be kind enough to walk me through this?

I know Ill have to boot into rescue mode (cd rom is not bootable) but
don't have any experience as what to "fix"

the boot message file in its entirety is at
http://www.connix.com/~dizzy73/badboot.html

many thanks in advance ( I gotta get this fixed asap)

rob