From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 25 12:42:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA18104 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 12:42:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA18096 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 12:42:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (max7-198.HiWAAY.net [208.147.145.198]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.7/8.8.6) with ESMTP id OAA29276; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 14:42:39 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.7/8.8.4) with ESMTP id OAA08468; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 14:32:27 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199710251932.OAA08468@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Doug Lo , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: dkelly@HiWAAY.net Subject: Re: **URGENT** Upgrading 2.2.5-R problem,somebody help me,please. In-reply-to: Message from Shawn Ramsey of "Sat, 25 Oct 1997 02:07:07 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 14:32:27 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > When I reboot, the problem is I CAN'T use 'root' or any user from login, > > seems these > > passwords not right, and it appears login failed. > > I try to boot 'single user mode', I check my original /etc directory > > files are the same, > > because the the lastest file move to /etc/upgrade directory. > > So why I can't use 'root' or any user accounts that I've created. > > Would anyone know how to solve this "serious issue"(for me), PLEASE > > tell me. > > Just a guess, but you may want to try rebuilding the user database : > > /usr/sbin/pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd > > You may need to mount your filesystem as read write : > > mount -o rw /dev/device-name Just another guess, but on the old system did you have DES installed? And then fail to install it on the new install? My guess is the MD5 password routines can't make sense of your DES passwords. Check /etc/master.passwd, if your password fields start with $1$ then I'm wrong. If they don't, then you need DES and may not have it installed. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.