Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3627 mails)

[dizzy <dizzy73@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Anders Johansson wrote:
> 
> OK, so your system is already rw. Then why couldn't you edit /etc/passwd (and
> I don't think this is the source of your problems, btw).

rite... but *somehow* the /dev/null got passed to the bash profile...(or
users logon) The only way I think this could have happened is when I
made the entry in /etc/passwd for the samba user....
> 
> Looking at the boot messages, your system starts by mounting your root system
> read-only, which is normal. Then when it tries to fsck it, it doesn't for
> some reason.
> 
> I honestly can't tell the difference between your system and mine. I was
> certain you had done something with fstab, like setting the last parameter on
> / to 0 or something.
> 
> The only thing I can think of is a manual fsck
> 
> fsck /dev/hda2
> 
> followed by a reboot. Try it, and report the results

Ok fsck wont run if in the current ro state
ERROR couldnt open /dev/null

If I mount the fs then try to rn fsck I get the stern warning of

WARNING!!! running fsck on a mounted filesystem can cause serious damage
do u want to continue y/n

not sure if this is safe??

rob