Ken Scharf wrote:

> Bob Reinkemeyer wrote:
>> Sybren Stuvel wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Bob Reinkemeyer enlightened us with:
>>>
>>>>After doing a emerge -u world I am no longer able to log in. Part
>>>>of the update was shadow ( I think this is the problem.) Any way to
>>>>get them back?
>>>
>>>Boot with the 'init=/bin/bash' parameter, remount your root filesystem
>>>r/w with 'mount / -o remount,rw' and edit some files. Then remember to
>>>do 'mount / -o remount,ro' before you reboot.
>>>
>>>Sybren
>>
>> Thanks for the help. Looks like the update replaced my /etc/passwd
>> file. Fortunatly it creates a backup. I just had to replace with the
>> bbackup. I was asked after the update completed if I wanted to
>> replace config files, I should have considered the implications more
>> carefully before just answering yes.
>>
>> Bigbob
> Doing that once nuked my /etc/fstab file. YUCK

It also nuked my fstab as well as all my other important config files. I've
gotten most back, but K3b, smb4k, and nvidia won't work. Can't get to a
console without x running to fix it. Moral of the story is read exactly
what the update is going to do before answering yes. My fault. Like so
many other lessons in computers, sometimes you have to learn the hard way.

Bigbob