Strange problem with the PATH

[DeepThought]

Have you tried Control-Alt-F7 to get back to your desktop....... but if it is not recognising your password then that won't do any good.

The only thing I can think of is to boot using a live cd/usb, then browse to /etc/passwd on your original system and edit it by deleting the x e.g.
changing:

Code:

root:x:0:0:/root:/bin/bash

to

Code:

root::0:0:/root:/bin/bash

will delete the root passwd, same can be done for your user, then you should be able to login with no passwd. Don't forget to set up passwd's once you are back in.

Hope this will help.