[nzlug] Help: Trouble after LDAP + NSS configuration

[Roland Hill]

On Thu, February 14, 2008 9:00 am, Cliff Pratt wrote:
> Roland Hill wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've got myself into a pickle :-(

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>> Can somebody advise me how I can use a live CD (I assume) to either
>> access the pam.d files and revert their settings, or implement the
>> fix?
>>
>> I'm stuck......bug**r!
>>
> At the grub boot prompt hit any key, hit 'e' for edit and select the
> 'kernel' line in the list of grub commands. Hit 'e' for edit again, and
> add 'single' to the end of the line. Hit 'b' to boot and you will be in
> single user mode. Edit '/etc/groups'.
>
> No need of a 'live' CD. Actually, some of the steps above may be
> slightly different since I'm working from memory.

Thanks Cliff and Nevyn for this advice.

I'll try tonight and see how I go. Yay another learning lesson (but I'd
much prefer not to break things!).

-- 
Roland