From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 10 16:04:43 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA13865 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:04:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA13858 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:04:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 10AjcL-0005MY-00; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:04:30 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id AAA00379; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:03:59 GMT Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA00883; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:02:27 GMT (envelope-from marko) Message-ID: <19990211000227.E791@localhost> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:02:27 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Nathan Ahlstrom Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FIXIT broken? References: <19990210232148.B686@localhost> <19990210173630.A16558@winternet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <19990210173630.A16558@winternet.com>; from Nathan Ahlstrom on Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 05:36:30PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 10, 1999 at 05:36:30PM -0600, Nathan Ahlstrom wrote: > Mark Ovens wrote: > > This evening I trashed my password file (it was my own stupid > > fault!). Anyway, I shutdown and brought the system up single user, > > mounted all the filesystems and the 2nd CD, started /stand/sysinstall, > > and selected FIXIT but at the option screen (CD, floppy, holographic > > shell) none of the options worked. When I selected any of them all > > that happened was that the HD LED flashed. That was it. Nothing. > > > > I got round the problem by cp'ing ``passwd'' and ``master.passwd'' > > from the CD to /etc and running ``pwd_mkdb'', then ``vipw'' to add the > > other users, but why didn't FIXIT work? Is this a bug (if so it's > > pretty serious)?. > > Sorry to be an ass, but which RELEASE? > Sorry, 2.2.8 from the CDs. > Thanks. > > Nathan > > -- > > Nathan Ahlstrom > nrahlstr@winternet.com > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message