Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:20:46 +0300 From: Andrei Kolu <antik@bsd.ee> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't jump to superuser after buildwerld Message-ID: <200704181120.47269.antik@bsd.ee> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.64.0704172311470.9790@libra.sfsu.edu> References: <20070403020736.8549C241BF@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca> <1175804482.46155a4211b0f@webmail.sfsu.edu> <Pine.SOC.4.64.0704172311470.9790@libra.sfsu.edu>
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On Wednesday 18 April 2007 09:26, KAYVEN RIESE wrote: > okay. i am getting a serious stomach ache. i am looking at this page: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html > > and my head is spinning. i don't feel good. i am halfway thru doing > something or other sorta the wrong way. right now i got a prompt.. i > am running xfce4, but i can't jump to superuser. i push the button > and the laptop shuts down when i want it to. the thing is when > i did mergemaster -p i got into big problems i don't understand why. > this guy told me how to do vipw like this: > > TeRReF: > In single user mode: > > mount -a > /usr/sbin/vipw > > then use this inside vipw: > :wq > > That should do it... > > that helped a lot.. umm.. i felt stupid i guess. i have been using vi for > 20 years.. but still.. i really needed this. i feel i need something like > this for mergemaster - p or whatever step i should start from. i am > sorry for being so stupid. > Looks like you overwrote your /etc/group file and removed yourself from wheel group. ----------------------------------------------------------- wheel:*:0:root,yourname ........ operator:*:5:root,yourname ----------------------------------------------------------- So be more careful next time you update your base system.
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