From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 6 10:36:00 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA04796 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 10:36:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from okeefe.bestweb.net (okeefe.bestweb.net [208.197.0.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id KAA04791 for ; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 10:35:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from [208.197.0.24] (picasso.bestweb.net [208.197.0.24]) by okeefe.bestweb.net (8.8.4/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA13081; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:35:24 -0500 (EST) X-Sender: jordyn@pop.bestweb.net Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <01BBE346.66384440@nntp.cyberbeach.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 13:24:23 -0500 To: Kurt Schafer , "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" From: "Jordyn A. Buchanan" Subject: Re: Single User Mode ?? Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 7:23 AM -0500 12/6/96, Kurt Schafer wrote: >Boy, I made a real blunder with my login.access file and now it seems nobody >can access the BSD box in question. > >So... Can I get into the box by logging in in single-user mode ? And if >so, how >do I log in in single-user mode ?? :P > >New machine, just installed 2.1.6 on it. Nothing of importance on the box but >I'd hate to have to waste another hour doing an FTP install. Especially since >daylight is approaching and I won't be able to see the 80k/sec I get at night. When you boot up, use the -s flag. (You have to do this kind of quickly when you see the Boot: prompt as you start the system up). This will dump you straight into single user mode so you can fix things. Jordyn |----------------------------------------------------------------| |Jordyn A. Buchanan mailto:jordyn@bestweb.net | |Bestweb Corporation http://www.bestweb.net | |Senior System Administrator +1.914.271.4500 | |----------------------------------------------------------------|