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Hello,


> Another newbie here, had a similar prob myself, try a reboot, and hit 
> any key (other than enter) before the kernel boots. Then go boot -s
> (this boots you into single user mode) the type passwd, this will set 
> the root password, You can now log in as root, then
> go /stand/sysinstall and you can add yourself as a user again.
 
I thought of the same idea as well. My question is that how could it be 
that there is a user in the /etc/passwd file, but it doesn't exists. So I 
think there is a database and the /etc/passwd file that stores the user 
information. How can I compare them?