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Hi, I had copied the /etc folder into /home/ocadmin folder.I did some changes into /etc folder.for restortion purpose i have moved the modified etc folder on /home/ocadmin/etc1 folder then i ...
  1. 08-09-2009 #1
    balnpatil
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    Hi,
    I had copied the /etc folder into /home/ocadmin folder.I did some changes into /etc folder.for restortion purpose i have moved the modified etc folder on /home/ocadmin/etc1 folder then i moved original /etc folder.ie mv /home/ocadmin/etc /etc

    i have restarted the system but i am not able to login onto the system.
    when i try to login it says login id invalid. plz let me know how can i login onto system?
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    Hi and welcome to the forum.

    What changes did you make? They could be the reason why you can't login.
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    Quote Originally Posted by balnpatil View Post
    Hi,
    I had copied the /etc folder into /home/ocadmin folder.I did some changes into /etc folder.for restortion purpose i have moved the modified etc folder on /home/ocadmin/etc1 folder then i moved original /etc folder.ie mv /home/ocadmin/etc /etc

    i have restarted the system but i am not able to login onto the system.
    when i try to login it says login id invalid. plz let me know how can i login onto system?
    Doh! It hurts when you do that! You are going to need to boot a liveCD or rescueCD to fix this because /etc contains most of your system configuration information, user/group ids, passwords, scripts, file system mounting information, etc. Most has to be owned by root to be valid, and some have to be read-only. DO NOT MESS WITH /etc UNLESS YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Backing it up is one thing, modifying its contents is another altogether.

    So, get a live/rescue CD, boot it up, and let us know when you are at that point - we might be able to get you sorted out PROVIDED you still have an unaltered backup copy somewhere on your system... If not, then you might have to reinstall your system from scratch.
    Sometimes, real fast is almost as good as real time.
    Just remember, Semper Gumbi - always be flexible!
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    Do you have any important services running on the system like web or db server etc or is it a desktop machine ?

    My suggestion would be,as rubberman said take a back before editting /etc files.

    If you have another partition (say sda2) install your distro into new partition and
    login into newly installed linux then copies it's etc files into your older linux distro.
    now reboot and login to older linux and see whether it works.

    Again , take a backup of /etc/ directory before trying above method.
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