From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 29 11:31:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0D7B16A4CE for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:31:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from alpha.catacombs.de (mail.catacombs.de [80.67.228.173]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F8243D55 for ; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:31:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from beisser@lefti.net) Received: from hauntedhouse (pD9E918C7.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.233.24.199]) (authenticated bits=0) by alpha.catacombs.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6TBV6rx058626; Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:31:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from beisser@lefti.net) From: "Alexander Liebau" To: "Jonathan" , Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:29:36 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <4108A0C9.1050202@optonline.net> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on alpha.catacombs.de Subject: AW: Major FreeBSD Problem plz help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:31:44 -0000 yes the system is now in a fresh state (same as if you do a fresh install) root has no password and all user are gone (the install has overwritten the passwd-file). just log in on a local console with root (you wont need a password) -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]Im Auftrag von Jonathan Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. Juli 2004 09:01 An: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Betreff: Major FreeBSD Problem plz help Hello, I messed something up in my FreeBSD-5.2.1 box. I ran sysinstall in root and installed compat4 and some other compatibility base dir thing and it extracted over / i think and now the box wont recognize my logins. I am locked out of my own box. Is there a way to reset what I did so i wont lose any data. My server is colocated at a datacenter and the techs would have to do it. Could you guys possibly explain what needs to be done so i wont lose any data and reset what i did. Any help would be greatly appreciated PoisonDart@optonline.net Regards, Jonathan _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"