PS2 TOOL: passwd not working - PWDB "another process" SOLVED

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  1. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    I tried to do the password reset and it is giving me a message that passwd is
    blocked by another process.

    The TOC of the drive lists a directory passwd.lock


    Any way around this?
     
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  2. port187

    port187 Serial Chiller

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    Try

    passwd -u root
     
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  3. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    Requires input of the original password, which I don't have
     
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  4. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    cd to /etc and delete passwd.lock

    Works just fine now.
     
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  5. Trenton_net

    Trenton_net AKA SUPERCOM32

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    Ya, it was probably just a stale lock state. I see it all the time under Linux.
     
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  6. PS2Guy

    PS2Guy Lost in the neverending abyss.

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    Can I ask how you get in there if you don't have to password to login?? Do you hook the hard drive up to another system and get in that way?? Or can you get in on the same system??
     
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  7. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    Lilo "Tool single" boot for some reason bypasses the security in the normal boot.
     
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  8. Parris

    Parris I'm only here to observe...

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    Someone needs to sell me a PS2 Tool again so I can join in! 2nd year at University, course going really well, but no arcade gaming and no time for even a shot of a console for months at a time! Sigh! Glad to see you got your pswd issue resolved Assembler ;)
     
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  9. PS2Guy

    PS2Guy Lost in the neverending abyss.

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    Okay, good to know, thanks.
     
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