Howdy, today, I had a bad experience with my Mandrake 8.2 Linux. I installed Tomcat4 followed by yolinux instructions ( http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialTomcat.html ) and when I was logoff from the system, my every password expired, even my root too. Anybody had this problem before, and how can I get back my any password? nakos

: Howdy, : today, I had a bad experience with my Mandrake 8.2 Linux. : I installed Tomcat4 followed by yolinux instructions : ( http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialTomcat.html ) : and when I was logoff from the system, my every password expired, : even my root too. : Anybody had this problem before, and how can I get back my : any password? Did you by any chance do something that would reset the date on your machine? In any case you need to log onto single-user mode and reset passwd for root. I'd check system date carefully after that. Then fix other passwords. single-user mode entry will be a little different system-to-system but will be something like typing in at the LILO prompt (if you use LILO) � linux single see the Mandrake instructions for your system (assuming you have hard copy or can access the web from another system). Or some mandrake user will probably post the correct incantation here. Stan

: I installed Tomcat4 followed by yolinux instructions : ( http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialTomcat.html ) : and when I was logoff from the system, my every password expired, : even my root too. : Anybody had this problem before, and how can I get back my : any password? Did you by any chance do something that would reset the date on your machine? In any case you need to log onto single-user mode and reset passwd for root. I'd check system date carefully after that. Then fix other passwords. single-user mode entry will be a little different system-to-system but will be something like typing in at the LILO prompt (if you use LILO) � linux single see the Mandrake instructions for your system (assuming you have hard copy or can access the web from another system). Or some mandrake user will probably post the correct incantation here. Stan 'linux single' at the LILO prompt (assuming textual or menu LILO, I have no clue for graphical LILO as I hate it) will bring you to single user mode as expected. �I don't know how the newer 8.2 release is, but on my current installation (8.1) I'm not required to submit a login; I immediately have root priveleges. If you're using a graphical LILO, use the installation CD or the boot floppy you used for the install and press F1 when directed to press F1 or Enter, then type 'rescue' and hit return. �This will mount your / filesystem at /mnt. �'chroot /mnt', 'passwd root', 'exit', and 'reboot' will give you a new root password. �If you want, you can also 'passwd <username' each user you need to reset passwords for. before you exit and reboot. Hope this helps John