Problems with Yad

General system
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If that was the only overwritten password file…

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after replacing /etc/shadow it will only have:

root:*:14871::::::
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This is why i didn’t want to deal with the pacnew files because i don’t have a full understanding of all the variables. Hence why i asked the OP to post the yad error. I understand what is going on sort of regarding not being able to get into system. Since it is a dual boot the OP will have to get back online somehow to get on the forum. He can always get on with the live ISO.

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That’s a lot of files… . . I go VERY slowly line by line other than mirror list, I always throw that one away. .

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I’ve never had to deal with it. Yet!

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At all? You install too much hahaha

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Clearly there is a need for a pacdiff replacement app that doesn’t allow overwriting important files so easily.

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Yep…guilty as charged! How else can i test stuff.

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you can recover /etc/shadow from arch-chroot:

  1. arch-chroot into installed system from Live ISO
  2. run pwconv
  3. reset user password: passwd username (replacing username with your … username)
  4. reset admin/root password (use the same as for the user if you want that)
    passwd

arch-chroot on uefi: https://discovery.endeavouros.com/system-rescue/arch-chroot-for-efi-uefi-systems/2021/03/

on Bios/legacy: https://discovery.endeavouros.com/system-rescue/arch-chroot-for-bios-legacy-systems/2021/03/

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@mr.ed war zu schnell mit dem überschreiben … sorry wenn wir nicht deutlich genug waren…

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Sorry, but I can’t answer at the moment. I will get back to you later this evening (CET). Writing this now from Win10. First of all thank you very much!

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Unfortunately, I had already shut down Linux. And today I failed of course already at the password query. In the next few days I will try to understand what exactly happened and then rebuild my system step by step. I will get back to you!

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removing /etc/shadow is the issue… it contains all users and groups password connections… so to resolve you need to boot on live iso and arch-chroot into your system… and use what i write before to restore it.

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Hello everybody! With the great support of Ricklinux I have now come this far:

[liveuser@eos-2021.08.27 ~]$ sudo su
[root@EndeavourOS liveuser]# mount /dev/sdc3 /mnt
[root@EndeavourOS liveuser]# mount /dev/sdc2 /mnt/boot
[root@EndeavourOS liveuser]# mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/boot/efi
[root@EndeavourOS liveuser]# arch-chroot /mnt
[root@EndeavourOS /]# ls /home
ws
[root@EndeavourOS /]# pwconv
[root@EndeavourOS /]# sudo su
[root@EndeavourOS /]# pwconv
[root@EndeavourOS /]# pwconv passwd username
Usage: pwconv [options]

Options:
-h, --help display this help message and exit
-R, --root CHROOT_DIR directory to chroot into
[root@EndeavourOS /]#

Rick recommends that I contact the forum again at this point (pwconv): “This is where you are going to have to ask joe or manuel because i don’t have any experience using that particular command.”

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only passwd username
username= your user name

pwconf is recreating the file you removed before (/etc/shadow)… but it does not recreate the passwords for your user i am also not sur eabout root… you should also reset the root password passwd

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[root@EndeavourOS /]# pwconv passwd ws
Usage: pwconv [options]

Options:
-h, --help display this help message and exit
-R, --root CHROOT_DIR directory to chroot into

[root@EndeavourOS /]#

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these are different commands… one is pwconv the other is passwd do not mix them:
pwconv only one time like it is no additional option or commands to it!!
passwd ws
and
passwd to set password for root

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What is the command? pwconv (convert)? Or pwconf (confidence)?

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this is the command

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[root@EndeavourOS /]# passwd ws
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: password updated successfully
[root@EndeavourOS /]#