On Tue, 2017-07-25 at 06:12 +0200, André Verwijs wrote:

think so yes, set it to empty or overwritten by new version during update.. SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN..!!! HI

INDEEED IT SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN!!!! CHEERS MARTIN!!! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Hi André On 25.07.2017 06:12, André Verwijs wrote:

think so yes, set it to empty or overwritten by new version during update.. SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN..!!!

As obviously nobody else has the same problem, you need to try to find out what happened. First describe the problem: * root cannot login? * sudo does no longer work? * su does no longer work? Check the timestamps of /etc/shadow, /etc/passwd Do you have a recent backup? Compare the contents of the backuped shadow and the current file. Please share more details about your configuration: * local auth only? * LDAP? * NIS/YP? maybe it is not the root password that has been KILLED!!! but the PAM config could also be broken for whatever reason. Good luck :-) Stefan -- Stefan Seyfried "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled." -- Richard Feynman -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

* Verwijs [07-25-17 14:49]:

thank you for replies... :)

i had re-install everything...

i foun many articles on "restoring root password" but haven't found the working one yet... i think i deed to backup the "/etc/shadow" folder...

i make backups daily so haven't lost anything...

thanks

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you didn't get it. you have something that changed your /etc/shadow, iiuc, and don't know what so your entire box is suspect. afa "many articles" on restoring root password, most work if you follow the instructions. simplest is, iirc, adding bash to the grub boot line and altering /etc/shadow (remove the password section for root), then: password root <newpassword> follow prompts or simply booting with a usb stick containing a system and altering /etc/shadow as above. or I may not remember correctly but can claim oldtimerrrs. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org