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Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 16:05:58 -0800
From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To: Alan Chan <alanux@excite.com>
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Subject: Re: login problems due to ttys
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* Alan Chan <alanux@excite.com> [000325 16:02] wrote:
> Alfred,
> 
> Thanks for your swift response.  I can now login as root using "boot -s"
> command that you instructed.  A small question: I'm in the single user mode
> and need to execute the vi command.  Can't seem to find the directory where
> the vi command's located.  I gave up looking for it.  Can you please let me
> know how I can execute the vi command in a single user mode so I can modify
> the /etc/ttys file?  Your help is sincerely appreciated.

if you issue the command "mount -a" then your /usr should become
available (vi is /usr/bin/vi) as well as '/' becoming read/write.

-Alfred


> 
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 13:37:04 -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> >  * Alan Chan <alanux@excite.com> [000325 13:24] wrote:
> >  > Hi,
> >  > 
> >  > I mistakenly changed my /etc/ttys files as being "insecure".  Every
> lines in
> >  > the file have been changed to "insecure" (i.e. console, ttyv0, ttyv1,
> etc.).
> >  > Now I can't log in because of this mistake.  What can i do to fix it
> that
> >  > enable me to log in?  Any comments and suggestions are appreciated.
> >  
> >  As long as you have the root password, you ought to be able to log in
> >  via single user mode.
> >  
> >  Hit spacebar during the loader countdown, then type "boot -s" and hit
> >  enter.
> >  
> >  best of luck,
> >  -Alfred
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]


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