hoe to recreate passwd file in single user mode

[Amit Vartak]

unix is booting in single usermode passwd file is showing 0bytes,
ERROR
/sbin/ioinitrc:
insf: failed to find user bin in passwd file using uid2 instead,
insf:failed to find root in passwd file using current uid (0) instead

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[Sudeesh]

Restore from backup, if you have one.
Otherwise copy the default passwd file from /etc/newconfig/etc and set passwd for root.



Sudeesh

[Arunvijai_4]

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=956671

Above thread may help.

-Arun

[Muthukumar_5]

check other passwd file as,

find / -name "passwd"

I hope you may get passwd file as /usr/newconfig/etc/passwd. Try to mount /usr file system and copy that /etc/passwd file to /etc/passwd with -r--r--r-- permission.

hth.

[Sudeesh]

pls read the path as /usr/newconfig/etc/passwd . I apologise fo rthe mistake.


Sudeesh