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[dizzy <dizzy73@xxxxxxxxxx>]

IM not exactly sure of the command you gave mount -o remount,rw /

If I do mount I get

/dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)

What exactly do I need to do????

my fstab
########### /etc/fstab#################
/dev/hda5       swap                      swap            defaults   0  
0
/dev/hda2       /                         ext2            defaults   1  
1
/dev/hda7       /var                      ext2            defaults   1  
2
/dev/hda8       /usr                      ext2            defaults   1  
2
/dev/hda9       /opt                      ext2            defaults   1  
2
/dev/hda6       /home                     ext2            defaults   1  
2
/dev/hda3       /boot                     ext2            defaults   1  
2

/dev/scd0       /cdrom                    auto            
ro,noauto,user,exec 0   0
/dev/scd1	/cdrom1 		  auto		   ro,noauto,user,exec 0   0	
/dev/fd0        /floppy                   auto            noauto,user
0   0

proc            /proc                     proc            defaults   0  
0

Anders Johansson wrote:
> 
> If you can log in to the system, you could do a mount -o remount,rw /
> Then you can edit the files that cause this mayhem
> 
> It would also be interesting to see what you've done with /etc/fstab to get
> this way
> 
> Regards
> Anders
> 
> On Monday 25 June 2001 02:55, dizzy wrote:
> > 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
> 
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