Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:08:59 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Dimitri T <midiostri@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the door is closed! Message-ID: <20011212190859.A724@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <20011212080445.20790.qmail@web14701.mail.yahoo.com>; from midiostri@yahoo.co.uk on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 08:04:45AM %2B0000 References: <20011212080445.20790.qmail@web14701.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 08:04:45AM +0000, Dimitri T wrote: > i'm sure that during the installation i've typed the > word 'secret' as the root password but after rebooting > this password is not accepted! :( > > after this i've booted in single mode but when i give > # passwd root > and try to set the password, i get a "read-only file > system". vipw won't do it either.. If you do "mount /" first when you're in single user mode, then vipw. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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