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Date:      Sun, 7 Dec 2008 19:18:46 +0100 (CET)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org, Redd Vinylene <reddvinylene@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Locked myself out.. AGAIN!!
Message-ID:  <20081207191824.H1610@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20081207141737.GA15666@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
References:  <f1019d520812070204u752a410bw5812dcc3fac04160@mail.gmail.com> <20081207141737.GA15666@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>

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> If so, force it to reboot - maybe by pulling the plug if you have to
> then bring it up in single user mode.

CTRL-ALT-DEL shutdowns the system unless it was configured not to.

> Remount root      mount -u /
> Then use vipw to edit the file and remove that comment and any trailing
> blanks on that line.
> Then reboot again.
>
> ////jerry
>
>
>>
>> Thanks y'all!
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