First, I would like to apologize for not posting the expected inxi. I don’t know how to do that with an unbootable OS. I am not sure it will be needed for this.
Two days ago, I decided to deal with that /etc/pam.d/kde.pacnew file. So I planned to rename /etc/pam.d/kde to /etc/pam.d/kde.old then rename /etc/pam.d/kde.pacnew to /etc/pam.d/kde then delete /etc/pam.d/kde.old. I had a Doctor’s appointment soon and I was in a bit of a rush. Some how, I accidentally renamed the folder /etc/pam.d to /etc/pam.d.old. No big deal, right? I’ll just rename it back to /etc/pam.d/…except It would not let me do that! I may be wrong, but I suspect that the function of renaming a file is contained somewhere in /etc/pam.d. It said that /etc/pam.d/.old did not exist on my PC! UH-OH!..I think I just hosed myself!
I have tried to restore several different snapshots with no success. I also tried to use Garuda recovery mode. I did manage to figure out the search (find) function finally but I couldn’t see how to rename that folder. I don’t know much cli fu. So, with no more ideas, I decided it was time to give up and ask for help.
Thank you!
